Very few beauty trends have managed to last over 100 years; even fewer have remained just as cool and relevant now as they did when the trend first emerged. Yet somehow, the bob haircut has done just that. The style of choice for film stars and flappers in the 1920s, the bob has, admittedly, been more fashionable in some decades than others—and it’s safe to say we’re firmly in the midst of a bob renaissance. (Perhaps even a… bob-aissance?) Leslie Bibb’s “cunty little bob” was among the buzziest elements of a very buzzy season of HBO’s The White Lotus; the summer’s hottest TV show, The Summer I Turned Pretty, featured protagonist Belly getting a post-breakup bob; and red carpets and fashion weeks alike have been teeming with the fashionable cropped cuts for months.
According to experts, bobs aren’t going anywhere in 2026. Dallas-based hairstylist Juan Flores says he’s seen an uptick in requests for the cut in the last few months. “Clients are loving it because it feels fresh, chic, and easy to personalize,” he says. But just how will they be worn? Flores, alongside hair pros Gregory Patterson and Marc Ballance, offered insights on the freshest bob cuts, colors, and styles for the upcoming year.
