As any woman who crops a bombshell mane into a bob will instantly notice, a chin-length chop can spell the difference between having hair and having a style. And at the Cannes Film Festival, the unfailing chic of fashion’s favorite cut is just the jumping-off point for an endless array of easy upgrades.
There was Hailey Baldwin, who went from stylish supermodel bestie to a fashion force in her own right with just a few strokes of a flat iron to accentuate a precisely snipped style, while resident haute provocateur, Aymeline Valade, dared step foot onto the red carpet in flats, her formerly bleached locks simply air-dried and tucked behind her ears in all their easy glory.
And then there was Marion Cotillard, who nodded to vintage French glamour with carefully crafted curls, a look that Bella Hadid put to the SoCal test with a winningly disheveled texture that looked right on the mark with her faint tan lines.
Here, four ways to catapult a classic ahead of the beauty curve.
