Walk through any city in the past month and the silhouette above the shoulders has changed. The bouncy, round-brushed blowout that defined the last several years is giving way to something flatter, looser and deliberately unfinished.
There is a counter-current worth noting. Salons report that clients still want the cut to do the work, which means the money is moving from styling products to precision cutting and to the maintenance appointment.
That is the more interesting trade: fewer tools, better architecture. A blunt line at the collarbone needs no encouragement, and a grown-out fringe needs a stylist every six weeks.
Whether the pendulum holds depends on how long the flat silhouette stays photogenic. Hair trends tend to reverse when the images stop looking new, and this one has already produced a thousand identical portraits.
