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Cosmopolitan
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- Cosmopolitan
30 Iconic Bob Hairstyles Defining 2025
It's minimizing to call what's happening with bobs this year a trend. I'd sooner deem it a complete cultural takeover. I'm faced with cunty fresh cuts on my commute, in prestige television shows, at my grocery store, and swaying sophisticatedly in workout classes. It feels like every day on my Instagram feed, there's a new bob reveal, treated with the reverence and celebration of a pregnancy or engagement announcement. And I participate in the comment section revelry wholeheartedly. Because in every form they take, bobs devour, and I've become 100 percent convinced this cut is the chicest and most practical possible way to wear your hair. 'It's clean and intentional, and it can completely transform the way someone carries themselves,' says Kazu Katahira, a celebrity hairstylist with Forward Artists in New York, NY. 'And what I love most is how customizable it is. No two bobs are the same when you are doing it right. You can play with the length, the angle, the texture, and it becomes this little signature for the person wearing it.' I witnessed this wide variety of bob possibilities during Cosmo's photo shoot, dedicated to documenting the hairstyle's takeover. We invited 30 women with New York City's greatest bobs to come in, show them off, and share what makes the bob lifestyle a preferred one. From the French bobs to the graduated ones, these 30 New Yorkers have all braved the big chop and are better off for it. They're also proof that there's no one fixed way to rock this haircut. So ahead, find some inspiration and the reference pictures you'll be showing your hairstylist—along with guidance from the greats on how to live your best bobbed life. Occupation: Artist/DJ Social handle: @ Hair type: Just found out I'm 2B. The most unexpected thing about having a bob? How many people remember me from DJ sets as 'the one with the bob.' Best bob styling tip: Let it live. Occupation: Attorney + Mom!!! [Editor's note: Mom to Cosmo's creative director, Samantha Adler] Hair type: Wavy/curly The ultimate famous bob inspiration: Meg Ryan Best bob styling tip: Pray for low humidity and the mercy of the hair gods. Occupation: Dancer/actor Social handle: @AvaNoble Describe your bob without using the word bob: Chic as fu*k The most unexpected thing about having a bob: I cut my hair to a bob the day after a breakup….Happy to report that single men love a bob. The pickup lines always stem from the bob. Life hack for a single girl in NYC. Best bob styling tip: Bob blindness is real—you will keep going shorter until your friends tell you to stop. Don't let the trim get out of control! Shout-out Li at Cutler Soho. Occupation: Model/artist Social handle: @madisonjohnston Hair type: Curly (but she has a mind of her own...) Ultimate famous bob inspo: Nadia Lee Cohen (I want to be her) The most unexpected thing about having a bob: You can look like a million different things at once. Young, old, cute, hot, or sometimes a little like Lord Farquaad. Occupation: Artist and founder of Beepy Bella Social handle: @isabellelalonde Hair type: Curly Describe your bob without using the word bob: Pungent Ultimate famous bob inspo: Me at 5 years old, Edna from The Incredibles, and Kiki's Delivery Service. Occupation: VIP Relations at Gucci Social handle: @madelisey Hair type: Cantonese Describe your bob without using the word bob: F*ckass The most unexpected thing about having a bob: Feeling the breeze on your neck. Occupation: Broadway Actor/Singer Social handle: @jadeamberlitaker Hair type: 4 A/B Ultimate famous bob inspo: I think Rihanna was the first with a bob who made me really want one. Best bob styling tip: Having locs and a bob?! Honestly, water. Just spraying some water makes all the difference. Occupation: Photographer Social handle: @ambejphotography Hair type: Kinky curly 4 A/B Ultimate famous bob inspo: Velma Kelly Best bob styling tip: For the curly girls—the Doux mousse, water, and a dream! Occupation: Actor Social handle: @huisterry Hair type: 1.5 B Describe your bob without using the word bob: Wolf cut… Ultimate famous bob inspo: Traditional bob → Rose Byrne in US Weekly 'Celebs w/ bob hairstyles'...My cut bob→ Hyunjin from Stray Kids Occupation: Comedian Social handle: @chloe_troast Hair type: Brown :( Ultimate famous bob inspo: Will Byers Season 1 of Stranger Things The most unexpected thing about having a bob: Getting a cold neck. Also I have a long neck, so sometimes my silhouette looks like a penis/mushroom. Occupation: Model, writer, superstar extraordinaire Social handle: @ellasnyder Hair type: Fine and wavy Ultimate famous bob inspo: Anna Wintour, duh, but also Gracie Abrams <3 Best bob styling tip: See Jaz Shepard in NYC for the best cut of your life. Occupation: Actor/educator Social handle: @jessiehookerbailey Hair type: Curly Ultimate famous bob inspo: The curly Whitney Houston bob Best bob styling tip: Moisturize!! Occupation: Actor Social handle(s): @JuliaKnitel Hair type: Pretty wavy Ultimate famous bob inspo: Diane Keaton…obvi Best bob maintenance/styling tip: Just…don't do anything. A great haircut will do so much of the work when it's short!! Occupation: Model/Actor/DJ Social handle: @KelseyHealey Hair type: Thick, semi-wave The most unexpected thing about having a bob: How much more confident I feel! Best bob styling tip: I never used much product…until I had a bob…or else it just feels like a helmet. Occupation: Fashion critic, The Washington Post Social handle: @theprophetpizza Hair type: Insanely thick and bleached Describe your bob without using the word bob: Crisp Ultimate famous bob inspo: Bernice from F. Scott Fitzgerald's 'Bernice Bobs Her Hair' Occupation: Model/beauty influencer Social handle: @daniellemareka Hair type: 4C Describe your bob without using the word bob: Eclectic Best bob maintenance/styling tip: Mini flatiron!! Best life hack. Occupation: Director, Fashion & Lifestyle in retail Social handle: @chloe4dayz Hair type: Linguine straight Ultimate famous bob inspo: The Supremes The most unexpected thing about having a bob: The bob community Best bob styling tip: Get as blunt a cut as you can bear! And Oribe Dry Texturizing Spray Occupation: Retired from the federal government, now on IG, volunteer for NY Senior Medicare Patrol Social handle: @idiosyncraticfashionistas Hair type: 1B/1C Describe your bob without using the word bob: Signature look—low-maintenance between haircuts. The most unexpected thing about having a bob: I can never start a life of crime—the police would find me so fast! Occupation: Media personality/creator Social handle: @stehfuhnee_ Hair type: 4C, heat-treated Describe your bob without using the word bob: The essence of my mother. Best bob styling tip: Bobs look best when they're a little old. Dry shampoo is your best friend. Occupation: Textile artist, content creator Social handles: @ellaemhoff, Substack: softcraftsclub Hair type: 3B. Used to be 3A, but your hair texture changes every seven years. Ultimate famous bob inspo: Ilana Glazer. Great bob. Best bob styling tip: Mousse will make it super voluminous. Oil is great in the summer for a nice, messy look. Occupation: Writer Social handle: @mackenzie Hair type: Thin as fuck. Light as air. I blame my dad. Describe your bob without using the word bob: Evocative Best bob styling tip: Your hair is gonna look like shit for a whole calendar year, but that's actually really important for your bob education. Occupation: Fashion stylist and content creator Social handle: @sierrarenas Hair type: 3B/3C Ultimate famous bob inspo: Edna Mode Best bob styling tip: Don't be afraid to use heat. Occupation: Musician/model Social handle: @ Hair type: Unnatural, my hair has been through it all. Ultimate famous bob inspo: Hari Nef Best bob styling tip: A Dyson, unfortunately ($$$) Occupation: Model Social handle: @josephine__dupont Hair type: Curly, but I won't blow it out. Describe your bob without using the word bob: Cunty. Ultimate famous bob inspo: Linda/Shalome/Whitney Best bob styling tip: Keep the scissors in your purse. Occupation: Content creator Social handle: @tinyjewishgirl Hair type: 3A if I'm lazy; 3B if I'm taking care of myself Describe your bob without using the word bob: What season 5 Carrie Bradshaw should've given. Ultimate famous bob inspo: Not season 5 Carrie Bradshaw. TBH, my 19-year-old self and, lowkey, Owen Wilson as Hansel but without the bangs. Occupation: Beauty editor and expert Social handle: @mayaalenaa Hair type: Naturally 4C Describe your bob without using the word bob: A power cut. It's like a power suit for my hair. It makes me feel fierce and effortlessly chic without ever having to try too hard. Best bob styling tip: Dry shampoo. Imperfect is perfect. Embrace the texture—it just works! Occupation: Stylist Social handle: @chanelncrocs Hair type: Curly Describe your bob without using the word bob: Cunt. The most unexpected thing about having a bob: The less hair I have, the more powerful I feel. Occupation: Artist Social handle: @sashaarijanto Hair type: Jew-Asian Describe your bob without using the word bob: Comic book character. The most unexpected thing about having a bob: Number one 'They always come back' catalyst. Also, it's the best haircut if you hate washing your hair. Occupation: Photo Director, Vogue Social handle: @pkv15 Hair type: Short, blonde, cut straight (but I'm not) Ultimate famous bob inspo: Probably Leo [DiCaprio]? Or River [Phoenix]. Best bob styling tip: Starlina, my hairstylist Occupation: Actor and filmmaker Social handle: @vournalist Describe your bob without using the word bob: French Ultimate famous bob inspo: Amélie from Amélie Hair and makeup: William Scott at The Wall Group. Creative director: Samantha Adler. Senior entertainment director: Maxwell Losgar. Visual director: Scott M. Lacey. Associate visual editor: Sabrina Toto. Motion graphics designer: Ying Chen. Annabel Iwegbue is an associate editor at Cosmopolitan where she primarily covers entertainment and lifestyle. Before joining Cosmo, she covered entertainment at Harper's Bazaar, The Knockturnal, and Black Film. She's originally from Charleston, South Carolina, and is currently based in Brooklyn, New York. She holds a B.A. in Journalism and Cinema Studies from New York University. You can check out some of Annabel's work here and also find her on Instagram and Twitter.
Graziadaily
21-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Graziadaily
Vanessa Kirby: 'I've Had Incredibly Deep And Fulfilling Creative Experiences'
It's an unfortunate inevitability for anything wildly popular that it will eventually be sniffed at. So has been the case for the superhero movie in the last few years. Still enormous by most metrics, the lustre of many recent ones has been dimmed by audience fatigue and middling reviews compared to their 2010s heyday. But if anyone can convince you that these fantastical blockbusters are not just exciting but downright relevant in 2025, it could well be Vanessa Kirby. This month Kirby takes on the role of Sue Storm – the Invisible Woman – in Marvel's Fantastic Four: First Steps. She is joined by on-screen husband and man-of-the-moment Pedro Pascal (Reed Richards/Mr Fantastic), Joseph Quinn as her brother Johnny Storm/Human Torch and The Bear scene-stealer Ebon Moss-Bachrach, who takes on the part of Ben Grimm/The Thing. It's a killer cast and a stylish proposition: director Matt Shakman has leant into a retro-futuristic vibe inspired by the 1960s comic-book origins of Marvel's First Family. Buzz was high from the beginning. When Pascal posted a selfie of the four on Instagram in 2024, it went viral, with over a million likes. Kirby is moved by the intensity of the fandom and has 'a deep appreciation of how these big stories really affect people globally'. She looked back to the '60s comics as she prepared for the role. 'I came to appreciate that Marvel at the time was really counterculture,' she says on a blistering hot day, having just wrapped a day filming for Avengers: Doomsday (out next year) at Pinewood. 'Because it was [about] this group of misfits really, who were just trying to work out how not to be weird. I think that kind of tapped into how most people feel a lot of the time.' Superpowers aside, Kirby – who is a warm and generous conversationalist – talks about wanting to find the universal, very human, narrative in the story. What we do as people when we 'have faced our biggest challenges. How do we overcome them? It could be grief, doubt, or it could be whatever.' Photography: Tung Walsh Styling: Christopher Maul Hair: Bryce Scarlett at The Wall Group Makeup: Jo Baker at Forward Artists Manicure: Robbie Tomkins at LMC Noo, as her friends know her, is a master at teasing out the vulnerability and intimacy in her characters, be that Josephine Bonaparte in Ridley Scott's Napoleon or an arms dealer in the Mission Impossible franchise. In her breakout role, as Princess Margaret in the first two seasons of The Crown, she found a tenderness in a woman who could easily have been played as a one-note brat. Impossible to pigeonhole, she is as magnetic on stage (in Chekhov, or in A Streetcar Named Desire) as she in on screen – her Oscar-nominated turn in Pieces Of A Woman, as a woman who loses her baby in childbirth, was devastating. Those heavier roles required her to access pain. 'I've had incredibly deep and fulfilling creative experiences. But if the material is really hard you have to go there, and you have to live in it for a while,' she says. For a long time, she realised, that's what she'd been doing and welcomed a gear shift with Fantastic Four. 'Sue is a very positive person, so it was really nice to feel that for a while'. There's still nuance to the role. 'I liked her because she wasn't just a strong superhero lady,' she says. 'She has a difficult relationship with Reed sometimes and she gets annoyed with her brother, and she's trying to manage everything. I loved that about her'. Something else she was drawn to was the fact that Storm is pregnant, which added an unexpected dynamic. In a piece of symmetrical plotting, Kirby herself is pregnant with her first child, with her lacrosse player partner Paul Rabil. 'It's surreal because Sue is a first-time mother and we had to explore so many things about that in depth. So it was uncanny that this happened at the same time. I feel so grateful to her and close to her because I learned so much from her without even realising it'. Every woman I know has expressed fear around not being able to work and also be a mother. Working full pelt while pregnant has been enlightening. Kirby salutes her stylist, Andrew Mukamal (who also worked with Margot Robbie on the viral Barbie press tour) for his flexibility ('He's had to adjust all his incredible ideas; he's been so supportive and wonderful') and lavishes praise on her Marvel family for their support. 'Being on Avengers with all these guys, they've just been so kind… it's been a complete pleasure' she says, adding, 'I think every woman I know has expressed fear around not being able to work and also be a mother. I was very nervous. [But] that's old modelling for women. It's an incredible thing that women do. I've been really moved by learning that there's an ability to do both'. Kirby is genuinely close to her Fantastic Four family, the bond 'instant, and the synergy was just exactly right. We just clicked. You can act it, but you can't manufacture it, you can't really fake that. We all had such a laugh and now are very, very much bonded as a family. I mean, Joe really feels like my brother, Evan feels like my best friend and Pedro is, you know, the most beautiful scene partner I could hope for, really.' Ahh, yes, Pedro Pascal. The internet's boyfriend, the global crush, the demographic-defying Dream Man. So, why is everyone in love with Pascal? 'Everyone!' she laughs. 'We all have our theories. Mine is because he's so unapologetically him. He's not guarded at all,' she says. 'He just can't help but be himself. And I think people are so drawn to someone who doesn't have any armour up, and it makes him really vulnerable. But I think vulnerability is so brave and you can't help but trust it, you just feel it's real.' Like Pascal, Kirby started out in theatre. After graduating from Exeter University with a BA in English literature she turned down a place at LAMDA to do rep theatre in Bolton. They were, she says, 'some of the happiest times of my whole life. You're not caring about whether you're well-known or not, you just want to do the play. I don't think that leaves you'. It was 10 years ago that Kirby, now 37, was cast in The Crown – the role that catapulted her to a different level of fame. 'If you have a really fast assent in your twenties I can't imagine how challenging that must be.' There is a humility to her that is refreshing, a recurrent sense that she knows what a fortunate position she finds herself in. Through grind comes gratitude. 'You know what it is to do 500 auditions a year and get two of them. You get it and you don't take it for granted – I know I don't.' Raised in Wimbledon, Kirby and her siblings were nourished creatively. Her family wasn't thespy (her father was a surgeon, her mother a magazine editor) but, '[I was] brought up going to a ton of theatre, not necessarily in the flashy places,' she says. Kirby credits her sometimes 'quite old-school' tastes with the fact that her father would always insist on watching an old movie before he'd put on a new one. Was there ever a plan B? Not exactly, but Kirby has found meaning beyond her career. She travelled in Africa on a gap year, volunteering at an AIDS hospice. She now works closely with War Child and has volunteered at refugee camps in Syria, Iraq and Ukraine. 'Their work is far more meaningful than me putting on a wig and an accent,' she says. 'There are people doing far more important jobs than us, it's just ours happens to be public. You have to take it for what it is, be grateful that you're working and try to remain relaxed about it'. Actual relaxation might be off the cards for a little while, however. In between the baby and filming, she has a production company, Aluna Entertainment, which she set up with her sister Juliet and ex-Film 4 exec Lauren Dark. 'It takes a long time to build a slate, you have to put teams together and find directors and writers and put them all together on one project until, finally, it's ready to announce. It takes quite a long time, but it's been such a fulfilling journey'. Their first film, the thriller Night Always Comes, lands on Netflix later this year. But, first, there's the international publicity juggernaut for Fantastic Four. Despite her claims not to be very good at red carpet razzmatazz (the pictures of her in second-skin, major sass Alaïa, looking every inch the bombshell, suggest otherwise), this time she is looking forward to it. It means being reunited with her on-screen family. 'We had such a good time, I'm just so excited to share that with everybody'. 'Fantastic Four: First Steps' is in cinemas 25 July
