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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Lifestyle
Jess Cartner-Morley

Carrie Bradshaw’s straight-then-wavy hairstyle is everywhere. Here’s why

Sarah Jessica Parker in And Just Like That
Sarah Jessica Parker in And Just Like That. Photograph: HBO/Warner Bros/2021 WarnerMedia Direct, LLC. All Rights Reserved. HBO Max™ is used under license

Emily has it in Paris. So does her frenemy Camille, and her boss, Sylvie. Carrie has it in And Just Like That – as does Lisa, who has replaced Samantha as Sex and the City’s fourth Beatle. Moira and Alexis both had it in Schitt’s Creek, and it was on every other lounger in White Lotus.

Every woman on television right now has the exact same hair: straight from the crown to the top of the cheekbone, and then wavy to the ends. It has been around for a while, this hair – Laura Dern had it in Big Little Lies, and Sandra Oh flirted with it on Killing Eve. But after a month of the in-depth sofa-based research otherwise known as Dry January, I can confirm that it has reached a new level of ubiquity.

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