The chop, the crop, the ubiquitous lob, and countless other permutations of the bob have been popping up on red carpets, street style blogs, and even the cover of this month’s, as seen on cover subjects Karlie Kloss and Taylor Swift. But backstage at Jason Wu this morning, it was the sight of model Rianne van Rompaey’s waist-length strawberry-blonde cascade that sparked serious hair envy—and left us wondering: Has the moment for Rapunzel-esque lengths finally returned?
The first rumblings of the trend began last season, when designer Riccardo Tisci cast model Vanessa Moody—and her mane of long dark hair—to close his Givenchy spring 2015 show; days later, fresh-faced newcomer Jean Campbell opened for Louis Vuitton, her flaxen strands streaming behind her as she strode down the runway.
Which brings us back to today at Jason Wu, where the freckle-faced van Rompaey, who hails from Holland, was turning heads backstage in a crisp white T-shirt and high-waisted pants. As backstage hairstylist Odile Gilbert pointed out, it was the first time Wu has ever opted for a hair-down runway look. One glance at the rumpled, naturalistic beauty of van Rompaey’s pristine copper-tinged mane—which relied on a few blasts of Kérastase V.I.P. Dry Volumizing and Texturizing Spray for the requisite woke-up-like-this ease—and it was obvious why. “It’s sexy, but in a subtle way,” said Gilbert of the effect, which looked just as good spilling over the model’s overscale fur collar when she opened the show. Expect to see much more of the trend in the weeks to come.
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