Alicia Vikander’s bob might be all over the place come autumn 2024

If there’s one coiffure that might be a key trending coiffure in 2024 (and little doubt into 2025), it is the bob.

Stars like Julia Roberts, Penélope Cruz and Jennifer Aniston have all mentioned goodbye to their lengthy hair this yr and opted for the mid-length reduce. Each single certainly one of them seems to be improbable with it, which is smart given {that a} bob can flatter any and each face form and hair sort.

New to the bob membership, although, is Alicia Vikander.

The Swedish actress was photographed in London on August 27, and it is instantly noticeable that one thing is ‘lacking’, with the Oscar winner having reduce off her longer hair in favour of a lob.

Sitting simply above her collarbone, the reduce nearly passes for a clavi-cut (a clavicle reduce, for the uninitiated).

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Alicia Vikander’s new reduce is the proper hybrid of a clavi-cut and lengthy bob

In an extended bob, the hair is reduce simply above the collarbone in order that it hits simply above the shoulders with out touching them. In case you have quite a lot of hair or wonderful hair like Alicia Vikander, the half-length reduce works notably nicely when the ends are given somewhat further texture.

Primarily, the hairdresser would not simply reduce the hair straight, however barely frays the underside few centimetres. If that sounds scary to you, don’t be concerned an excessive amount of, as when it is performed nicely, slightly than making it look thinner, it really creates much more bounce and quantity.

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The marginally graduated reduce additionally makes a wavy model look even higher. There’s a quite simple trick to creating waves within the hair look as informal as Alicia Vikander has: merely twist particular person, irregularly extensive strands over a curling iron as thick as attainable. Keep away from the roots, although – in the event you create an excessive amount of quantity right here, your hair will shortly look over-styled.

Likewise, attempt to not twist the ends an excessive amount of to stop corkscrew curls. If the waves nonetheless look too ‘performed’ regardless of this, you may gently pull the untwisted strands into size along with your fingers whereas they’re nonetheless heat. This may assist them to hang around somewhat and after styling, you may mist on some dry shampoo as a substitute of hairspray to make sure that the minimal bounce nonetheless holds. The powder particles it comprises mattify and provides the hair extra grip in order that it would not get limp so shortly – win-win!

This characteristic initially appeared on Vogue Germany.