Confirmed By Daisy Edgar-Jones, Zoë Kravitz, and Pro Stylists—8 Haircut Trends Already Shaping 2026

There’s no doubt about it—getting a new haircut is a huge deal. Whether you’ve decided to switch up your ‘do because there’s a shiny new hair trend you’re itching to try or you just experienced a canon life event (post-breakup bangs are a real thing), debuting a fresh chop feels like stepping into a different skin. But if you feel the call of a new year’s shear and don’t yet know exactly which cut you want, all you need to do is look towards the stars. (No, not space… the red carpet, of course!)

It girls everywhere, from Zoë Kravitz to Hailee Steinfeld and Daisy Edgar-Jones, are setting the standards for the coolest cuts of 2026, with a few noteworthy themes trending across the board: cool people are prioritizing short, versatile chops that are easy to style every day. “2026 is less about extreme trends and more about wearability,” New York-based celebrity hairstylist Danielle Priano tells Who What Wear. “The cuts are cleaner, more sculpted, and designed to grow out well. Instead of heavy layering or messy texture, it’s all about shape, movement, and enhancing natural features,” she explains.

Below, the eight celebrity haircuts that are inspiring us to book salon appointments in 2026.

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Top 2026 Haircuts

The Bixie

Show me your biggest source of celebrity hairspo, and we’ll raise you Kravitz at any era. The Caught Stealing star broke the internet when she debuted a bixie at the 2025 Academy Museum Gala in L.A., complete with a smattering of wispy, wavy bangs and baby curls at the nape of her neck. Bixie cuts, or crossovers between pixies and bobs, are a hybrid between the short, androgynous style we’ve seen on the likes of Teyana Taylor and the bobs we associate with Gigi Hadid, Kelly Rowland, and so many more. If you want to go short, but aren’t yet ready to commit to a mullet or pixie, this in-betweener is the best (and most modern) way to go in 2026.

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Rounded Lob

Bobs comes with many shapes, sizes, and names (the king of these catchy monikers, Dimitris Giannetos, previously told WWW that he needs “to write a book with all names”), but the one we can confirm will stick with us into the new year is the rounded lob. Popularized by stars like Steinfeld and Selena Gomez, to name a few, editorial hairstylist Matthew Curtis is calling this bouncy, long bob trend now.

“2026 haircuts are about repeatability and retention,” says Curtis. “Rounded lobs continue to perform strongly because they offer versatility across age groups and styling preferences,” he adds. The stylist explains that the style’s utilization of internal layering preserves “longevity between appointments,” allowing you to go longer without touchups.

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Modern Mullet

Yet another short style making waves this year is what stylists call the “modern mullet”—a smoother, more polished take on the androgynous ‘80s style. “The modern mullet remains relevant but has softened to increase its commercial appeal, moving from niche trend to broader adoption,” says Curtis. Case in point: Taylor Hill’s short, cool-girl style. The model wears her wavy strands in soft, smooth curls across her forehead and at the nape of her neck, with the style shorn in closer at the ears to form the mullet silhouette.