With the turn of a new season comes an influx of new hair trends to get excited about. With the back-to-school mood in the air, autumn is the ideal time to call the salon and experiment with a new haircut or hairstyle trend. And as the designers across London, Paris, Milan and New York set the agenda for the spring/summer 2024 over the past month, there was one haircut that I saw everywhere. Enter the cowgirl haircut.
After spotting London salon Hershesons coining the cowgirl cut, I’ve been seeing it all over my feed since. You might have heard of the cowgirl copper hair colour trend, but what is the haircut exactly? The cowgirl cut features a face-framing fringe with plenty of choppy layers that provide both body and movement, but, it’s also a low-maintenance cut if you don’t have tonnes of time to styling your hair.
“The cowgirl cut is easy, no fuss, a little bit rough and imperfect, but beautiful,” says hairstylist Gemma at Hershesons, Belgravia. “For inspiration we looked at references like Alexa Chung and Suki Waterhouse,” she adds, who are notorious for their effortless, choppy-fringe haircuts. After cutting the length off, she first cut a curtain fringe in, before cutting in layers at the front, gradually keeping them longer towards the back of the hair. “I then cut the length, keeping the edges super soft, and layering to add natural movement,” she adds. To style, she recommends scrunching Hersheson’s Zhoosh hair foam into the lengths before diffusing to add extra volume, texture and hold to this low-maintenance hairstyle. Ready to say howdy to the cowgirl haircut? Scroll ahead for more inspiration pictures of the trend to take to your salon appointment.
Proof that the cowgirl cut looks great on longer lengths, too.
I love Laura Harrier’s take, with a face-framing curtain fringe and choppy bob lengths.
Julie Sergent Ferrari stepped out at Paris Fashion Week with her signature choppy fringe.
Emily Ratajkowski has also been experimenting with face-framing fringes lately.
I still think about Selena Gomez’s cowgirl-inspired haircut.
Note the effortless, choppy layers in Anja Rubik’s bob that give her hair a beautiful undone texture.
Alex Chung is the queen of the choppy, mid-length haircut, as seen at Paris Fashion Week.
A hair foam adds volume and hold to choppy layers—it’s a low-maintenance hairstyling essential.
A hairdryer with a diffuser attachment is key to achieving that effortless, undone look.
Price shown is member price. This round brush is the perfect size for quickly styling a face-framing fringe.
A spritz of a salt spray will revive flat, limp lengths.
