The 'granny bob' isn’t a hair trend – it’s a lazy, ageist stereotype that's long overdue for retirement

PARIS, FRANCE - MARCH 07: Grece Ghanem wears short white hair, brown tortoiseshell sunglasses, green and blue stones earrings, a yellow / white cotton striped print pattern button-up shirt, outside Hermes, during Paris Fashion Week - Womenswear Fall/Winter 2026/2027, on March 07, 2026 in Paris, France (Photo by Edward Berthelot/Getty Images).

Earlier today, I was minding my own business, scrolling through Instagram on a bus, when a headline stopped me in my tracks.

The 'granny bob' is the cool-girl haircut trend to wear this spring, it proclaimed. I had to resist the urge to start muttering out loud.