The micro fringe has been quietly making its way into the mainstream for the past 12 months or so, but hairstylists are calling 2026 the year of the short French fringe. Thanks, in short (no pun intended), to several red carpet appearances and sightings on the runway, this striking look is set to be big this year.
It started at last year's Oscars, which saw not one, not two, but three shorter cropped fringes in attendance. Miley Cyrus, Katy Perry and model Anok Yai all chose to sport baby bangs, but each one interpreted it slightly differently to reflect their individual looks. Pamela Anderson's makeup-free face might have been the talk of the Met Gala red carpet, but her baby bangs were just as iconic. Short fringes featured heavily at the spring/summer 2026 shows—feathered at Balmain, wispy at Louis Vuitton, super straight at Acne and neatly cropped at Dries Van Noten.
