Morena Baccarin in 2010 with a pixie cut

A pixie cut is a short hairstyle, generally short on the back and sides of the head and slightly longer on the top, with very short bangs. It is a variant of a crop. The name is derived from the mythological pixie.

History

Pixie cuts were popularized first in the 1950s when Audrey Hepburn wore the style in her debut film Roman Holiday, and later in the 1960s by actress Mia Farrow (notably in Roman Polanski’s Rosemary's Baby), British supermodel Twiggy, and then even later by Laugh-In star Goldie Hawn.[1] Jean Seberg also sported a pixie cut for Otto Preminger's Bonjour Tristesse and Jean-Luc Godard’s Breathless.[2]

The crop became fashionable again in the late 1970s and 1980s, with one of its most notable wearers being the actress Jacqueline Pearce in the British TV series Blake's 7. The crop also was big in the mid 1990s, as worn by waif model Lucie de la Falaise, and Madonna in her 1993 tour The Girlie Show. Halle Berry appeared in the 2002 James Bond film Die Another Day wearing a crop. Pixies are very easy to maintain and can be worn casually, or dressed up for special occasions.[3]

In December 2023, Eve Gilles, while sporting a pixie cut, became the first woman with short hair to be crowned Miss France, which led to media attention both in France and internationally regarding the cyberbullying she had received due to her hairstyle.[4][5][6][7]

Columnist Pamela Hutchinson notes that the pixie hairstyle is often portrayed in films in a negative way, usually had when actors play characters that have been traumatized, imprisoned or are undergoing cancer treatment.[2]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Emma Watson Debuts Pixie Cut". StyleList. 5 August 2010. Archived from the original on 6 August 2010. Retrieved 16 June 2012.
  2. 1 2 Hutchinson, Pamela (August 29, 2013). "The best pixie haircuts of all time: from Jean Seberg to Judi Dench". The Guardian.
  3. ↑ "short pixie cut, short spiky fringe and layered sides". Short-Hairstyles.com. Retrieved 16 June 2012.
  4. ↑ "Ève Gilles, miss France 2024 : «Les mots et le body shaming que j'ai pu subir m'ont blessée»". La Voix du Nord (in French). 17 December 2023.
  5. ↑ Reboulleau, Laetitia (18 December 2023). "Miss France 2024 : victime d'un harcèlement odieux, Eve Gilles reçoit de nombreux témoignages de soutien". Yahoo! News (in French).
  6. ↑ "Miss France 2024, Eve Gilles, victime de cyberharcèlement, reçoit une pluie de soutiens". HuffPost (in French). 18 December 2023.
  7. ↑ Moore, Julia (19 December 2023). "Miss France Winner Defends Her Short Hairstyle: 'No One Should Dictate Who You Are'". People.
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