There’s less than one month to go until hair salons will potentially be allowed to reopen in England, and that means it’s time to start deciding exactly what kind of hair transformation I’ll be asking my hairdresser for once I’m finally reunited with a salon chair. After just one professional cut in 2020 and a couple of mishaps with my kitchen scissors, I’m ready for a hair refresh, but I’m torn between opting for a low-maintenance style or something more striking that might require a bit more upkeep.
Either way, I know I’m not alone in feeling more than ready to hear the gentle “snip, snip” of a hairdresser’s scissors. In fact, there’s one celeb who frankly couldn’t wait a moment longer and took to Instagram last month to show off her newly chopped locks: Alexa Chung. Yes, everyone’s mid-noughties hair inspiration went “back to the start” and embraced a return to her iconic choppy, chin-length bob, courtesy of hairstylist George Northwood. Turns out, the haircut was actually in aid of a cover shoot for Stella magazine, but seeing Chung’s signature bob got me thinking… She has had some seriously great hairstyles.
Sure, her hair journey might not be the most dramatic—her length tends to drift from chin to shoulder, and the colour only ever subtly shifts from chestnut to chocolate—but her hair always looks good.
