The 'Rachel' Haircut Just Got a Major Update—and It's Called the "Octopus"
Jennifer Aniston is still close friends with her hairstylist Chris McMillan, the person behind "The Rachel" Jennifer Aniston has never been one to shy away from discussing her true feelings about "The Rachel."
20-years on and the Rachel haircut is well and truly back in business. Over the last few years, the likes of Chrissy Teigen and Renée Zellweger have showcased bouncy, layered styles that undeniably paid homage to the Friends-born OG.
The "wet mop" and the "broccoli" haircut are basically the same thing, explains Hawkins, who describes them as "the go-to cuts for all the young heartthrobs on TikTok." The style — which is long on the top and closely cropped or faded on the sides — is actually a silhouette that has been around for decades, but has ...
Karen: Symbol for Entitled White Women
The memes always feature a woman wearing the same short, angled, and layered haircut. Additional “Karen” haircut characteristics are having the hair in your back be shorter than the hair in your front and having harsh blonde highlights.
The 'Rachel haircut' is back in all its '90s glory. The voluminous shoulder-length style with long layers was popularised in the '90s after Jennifer Anniston's character Rachel Green in hit US TV show Friends.
This glamorous haircut includes long, face-framing curtain bangs, launched to fame by '60s icon Brigitte Bardot, and sprinkles some delicate texture and structure around the eyebrows and cheekbones, giving your face a naturally contoured illusion.
“The original Rachel was so iconic because it was the mid '90s and we'd just come out of this period of grunge; people were getting bored of this no-hair hair and no make-up make-up,” says hairstylist Luke Hersheson. “When Rachel Green appeared she was the opposite to all of that.
The LBD, Rachel style
Worn by supermodels and celebrities alike, this must-have was a wardrobe staple for Rachel.
The Rachel
Even though '90s-inspired haircuts are having a moment, if you have fine hair, Blake recommends avoiding haircuts like "the Rachel," which tend to have flicky layers through the lengths of the hair. "Fine hair just can't flick at the ends as easily, and so this haircut will just looked wilted," he says.
If you're wondering how the actor gets her hair so sleek and shiny, well, some of the credit has to go to her longtime hairstylist Chris McMillan, who she has worked with since the Friends days. However, Aniston has also been known to have keratin hair treatments to smooth frizz and boost shine.
Coined by Brook, the butterfly cut is a very layered, feathery haircut that's longest layers fall just below the shoulder. Shorter layers are cut around the crown of your head to create the illusion of having shorter strands. “The shortest top layer falls about two to three inches below your chin,” Brook says.
The most iconic 'do on television. We're, of course, talking about Jennifer Aniston's signature "Rachel" hairstyle on Friends. In fact, the haircut became so wildly popular that the hairdo practically became a character in its own right. So, with the superstar turning 53 Feb.
Similar to a mullet, the style features more body and volume at the crown of the head (the head of the octopus) and then longer, thinner, shag-like layers from the mid-shaft to ends (the tentacles). Though the octopus haircut is inspired by both the mullet and shag, it is neither.
1920's Flapper Hairstyles Revolution
Known as the Castle Bob it was simply a tousled straight round cut that was level with the lobes of the ears. As the 1920's advanced, it became synonymous with the flapper look. To wear your hair short was a major statement by a woman, one of independence.
The broccoli haircut, also known as the zoomer perm or bird's nest cut, is similar to the indie-inspired looks of the 00s, featuring shaved or faded sides and a whole lot of volume and length on top.
For a huge portion of the series, Monica rocked a short, bixie (a combination of a pixie and bob) haircut that she'd tuck behind her ears when cooking or taking part in her usual lovable shenanigans.
The term "ghost layers" was first coined by celebrity stylist Ramon Garcia, but the style is also commonly referred to as invisible or internal layers. Essentially, it's a cutting technique involving subtle layers that are camouflaged within the hair to give the appearance that everything is one length.
The ducktail is a men's haircut style popular during the 1950s. It is also called the duck's tail, duck's ass, duck's arse, or simply D.A. and is also described as slicked back hair. The hair is pomaded (greased), combed back around the sides, and parted centrally down the back of the head.
Demi Lovato is bringing the bixie haircut front and center again. Lovato attended the 2022 UNICEF Gala sporting the new 'do, which was given to her by celebrity hairstylist Cesar Deleon Ramirez.
Oseledets (Ukrainian: оселедець, IPA: [ɔsɛ'lɛdɛt͡sʲ]), hohol in Russian or chub (Ukrainian: чуб, romanized: chub, IPA: [t͡ɕup]) is a traditional Ukrainian style of haircut that features a long lock of hair left on the otherwise completely shaved head, commonly sprouting from the top or the front of an otherwise closely ...
It's anything shoulder length or shorter. There's the bob, the long bob (lob), the pixie, the Kate Gosselin, and several other styles. But the general consensus is, a mom haircut is a short, low maintenance style which moms adopt after they get sick of a perpetual messy bun.
Kids these days refer to mullets under different terms – lettuce, flow, salad – but nonetheless, they are back in style. The cut is closely associated with both hockey and lacrosse players, as the hair flows elegantly out of the backs of 0 helmets.