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The hairstyles cultivate modern elegance and casual looks. Fascinating retro styles and celebrity lifestyles are at the center of attention.
Seen it all before? No, of course not. Nothing remains as it was, especially in fashion. Yet, looking back at bygone eras is a significant source of inspiration for contemporary hairstyles. The motto is "trend meets tradition": new and unique styles evolve by incorporating historical influences through modern techniques and current know-how.
The Art of Cutting
Hair needs a good cut to look its best. Short hairstyles require a precise cut to fall with this much perfection. A nod to the '80s introduces a trendy nostalgia with a flair for extravagant shapes and colors.
The cool haircut shown here has its own edge but is both wearable and flexible. A shorter back and sides complement the long, diagonal, and textured fringe. A well-composed mixture of warm, earthy tones with light gold adds movement and dimension.
Feminine Short Hairstyle
Yes, it’s the same haircut you saw before. Though it’s hard to recognize, the short, flawlessly cut hair with long bangs forms the base for this romantic, classy, and vintage look. Feminine and supported by a large bow on her blouse, the curly fringe gracefully frames one side of her face.
A touch of asymmetry and varying lengths, with a shorter back and a longer front, place this style at the center of this season's fashion wave. It’s perfect for festive occasions and special events.
Feminine and Practical
Pack your bags and discover something new. Your best travel companion is a short, chic, and practical hairstyle that adapts to any situation.
A highly flexible cut with plenty of texture and varying lengths is styled with a curling iron to achieve classic feminine chic with a jet-set flair. Highlights and lowlights add drama and visually enhance the shape.
Short Look with Modern Styling
She can transition from vintage to modern simply by changing her hair's texture. Straight and shiny, the finely tuned nuances of her golden and brown hair colors stand out, transforming her short hair into a landscape of light and shadow.
Styled with overlapping layers, individually accentuated strands, and emphasis on long bangs, this versatile haircut is ultra-modern—especially with those amazing earrings!
Bob Goes Sassy
How fun is that! The prayers of many women have been answered with a haircut that has as many facets as they do. It can go from professionally presentable to flirty and sassy to elegant and sophisticated with just a few changes in styling technique.
The refined cut follows the line of her neck in the short back and features long bangs, which can be styled in various ways. Here, they are curved and flipped sideways for a fun, feisty, and adorable motion of golden shine, brimming with positive energy. Come on and join the party! But before you do, be sure to explore other options for this ingenious cut.
Casual Elegance
Annette Bening knows the secret of short haircuts like this super-charming bob and got Warren Beatty to his knees.
This short bob looks great in all its incarnations, but one especially effective styling option is casual elegance with a high lift at the roots for volume and a good scrunching with the fingers for a messy texture. The face is open and radiant with long bangs styled to the side and back.
Form-Fitting Bob
We can’t get enough of vintage flavors, and when nostalgia mixes with refined boudoir style, it’s truly irresistible.
The form-fitting bob now features an asymmetrical side-swept fringe that shows seductive curves and teasing texture along its edges, contrasting beautifully with the sleek back and sides. Combined with a sultry look and a feathery neckband, the 1930s come alive and likely spark her love life as well.
Ladylike Short Hairstyle
Her hair may be a bit too short to shape into a ladylike and drop-dead-beautiful French twist, but even with a short bob, you can create a similar feel. Her sides are slicked back and held close to the head with some gel.
The top hair is puffed up and swept from front to back in a generous, slightly messy style, connecting to the slicked-back section at the back of the crown. A few loose strands along the sides of her face add a touch of relaxation while maintaining the style’s integrity and elegance.
Medium-Length Bob
Elegance comes with sleek lines and warm colors. Bobs are praised for their exquisite styling options and unpretentious sophistication. Although they may seem straightforward, a refined cut is essential, and it's the small details that make or break a style. The texture of the cutting line and gentle undercuts, combined with interior layers, create a beautiful flow of hair.
A strong fringe slants diagonally across her face, and the blunt line touching her shoulders contrasts thrillingly with the curvy softness. More dimension is added with a fine play of light and dark warm browns and golden tones.
Curled Medium-Long Bob
Once the curling iron works its magic, her medium-length bob transforms into an alluring shape of romance and classic beauty. Especially under candlelight or soft illumination, the radiance of her hair color with intense but subtle highlights transports her into a different dimension.
Face-Framing Curls
Layers are very handy with curled styles. Not only do the curls spring up more bouncily, but their distribution is also more even and controllable with layering. The medium-length bob now frames her face with large, more or less defined curls, showcasing her great taste in fashion.
About halfway through the crown, a sleeker section includes the long bangs. Curved elegantly to the side, the fringe provides a calm point amid all the passionate movement.
Updated Casual
If you don't want to dress up too much but still avoid looking too casual, a few tricks can help. Let your hair hang naturally, but ensure a clean partition and outline without frizz.
Here, the hair is styled with a sharp diagonal part, cascading down in a heavy, satiny way with a fine but not exaggerated shine. Soft, face-framing lines and a simple makeup with the new metallic trend colors complete the look, making you the star of the day.
Mid-Back Long Hair
You’re looking at some serious layers. They start short and gradually get longer to create a breathtaking mane. Endless motion, swirling textures, and a sizzling blonde color are the key ingredients of this stunning modern mane.
The lengths range from eye-level to mid-back, with textured layers. A honey blonde is enhanced to full brilliance with platinum highlights. There is no distinct part, only a left and right direction of the hair, overlapping and flowing down to fabulous curved side bangs.
Mid-Back Long Curls
The ultimate mane features a multitude of curls distributed over mid-back-long, layered hair. Creating this breathtaking beauty with a curling iron or rollers may take some time, so starting with natural curls would be ideal.
The key to the shape and clear definition of the curls, and even volume from root to tip, is the layering, which keeps the hair light enough to maintain its curl. Fine highlights in a sparkling diamond color add to the movement.
Messy Curled Hair
A bit messy and definitely untamed, long curly hair with a baroque flavor boasts energy and a rebellious flair like no other. The formerly well-behaved curls have been gently mussed and deconstructed into various shapes, from kinky curls to relaxed strands and edgy curves.
With such volume and length, she never needs to worry about becoming a wallflower.
Slinky Dance Hall Look
She’s ready for a long night of clubbing. Her artfully messy long hair looks great on any dance floor and moves rhythmically with every tune. Long layers provide captivating movement throughout her blonde mane with platinum highlights. The overlapping styling on the crown eliminates the need for a partition.
Wide sections of hair are directed to the left and right in a zigzag pattern, allowing the enormous bangs to gently frame her face in a half-round shape from the side. Texture is achieved by massaging styling products into the hair and sculpting it with the fingers.
Professional Hairstyle for Men
Tradition can be a good thing, but it can also be a bit boring, especially when it comes to haircuts for men that are professionally acceptable. New cuts for men offer a variety of styling options, allowing modern men to look impeccable at the office while also looking cool when they go out to play or socialize.
Clean-cut outlines with short backs and sides transition into longer top hair, styled upward in a fun, retro fashion. A bit of gel or pomade and a fine comb are used to achieve this cool, polished look.
Easy Maintenance Haircut
Whether out in the wind or in the soft light of a warm pub, this short and almost classic men’s haircut leaves nothing to be desired. It offers the practicality of short hair, with easy maintenance and a clean-cut feeling, but it is also trendy and easy to transform. With the hair styled forward, the look takes on a more sporty and simultaneously preppy vibe.
The latter is enhanced by the accents in front. A touch of product in the bangs and just a little in the very front of the sides adds texture, creating a subtle but intensified effect.
Versatile Men's Haircut
Whether skydiving, taking a cooking class, or going to the movies with a sweetheart, he will feel great about his looks and be confident with a haircut that is as versatile and full of character as this short wonder.
The cropped hair is just long enough to be styled in different ways and has good texture to always display character and masculinity while not falling short on the fun and playful side. He can spike it up, smooth it down, and move it around to his heart's content. There is a style for every occasion.
Modern Classic for Men
To make an impression, all he has to do is comb up his hair in a style that was famous more than half a century ago. The 1950s quiff is back on the scene and has become the new eye candy for women who appreciate snappy dressers and stylish men.
This hairstyle is so fabulous with its unpretentious yet sophisticated and edgy expression that it makes us hope the pomade never runs out.
Putting on the Glitz
It doesn’t get more retro than this. Cary Grant, Clark Gable, and their contemporaries are the godfathers of this dapper and daring look that some men are just born to wear. All it takes is the right cut with short sides and longer top hair, a handful of gel (for hold and shine), and a fine-toothed comb. The hair is parted low on one side with a sharp, precise line.
Retro Rebel
Without being glued down with gel, the extreme short length of the sides becomes visible, highlighting the contrast with the much longer top hair. His natural curls make the haircut easy to style, blending vintage and modern with a lot of expressive texture.
A quiff graces his crown, just waiting for some fingers to run through it. The sides have an almost velvety texture that continues in the back. A warm brown with a hint of gold is grounding and warm.
Sparkling and Masculine
Let us all rejoice! Men have rediscovered fashion. Sleek, neat, and trendy classic looks have inspired modern hair fashion for men. The new cuts are changelings at their very essence and can be worn in many ways, either reflecting famous looks from decades ago or more contemporary hairstyles.
A lot of gel was used to conceal the texture that secretly slumbers in this look and to transform it into a "heartbreaker" style with a cool 1940s flair.
Doing it Preppy Style
Trench coats and Burberry scarves are just as important as the right haircut to pull off the ever-trendy preppy look. His short cut with longer top hair is the ideal choice for this fashion style.
A bit of natural curl helps with the volume on top, while the right texture is achieved by massaging the hair with a little product to give it a done/undone feel—a casual elegance of effortless chic.
Natural Curl with Artsy Flair
A bit more length, combined with a great haircut, gives him a bohemian and cultivated look. Styled out of his face, the hair flows in wavy rivulets across his head with a fine mix of control and laissez-faire. The natural curl significantly enhances the texture, and it doesn’t take much to style this great head of hair, provided the cut gives it all the right shape.
The warm, medium-brown hair color has a nice earthiness and complements the new hairstyles and colors of current men’s fashion.
Longer Male Hairstyle
Sophisticated men do not follow every fashion trend but choose a hairstyle that suits them best and is as timeless as their spirits. Slightly longer hair without extreme angles, points, or pitches is best suited for this challenge. With a fine inner texture, every wavy strand radiates irresistible charm.
The artsy and cultivated expression of this haircut is captivating, and combined with a classy outfit like a fine woolen jacket and cashmere turtleneck, we can’t wait for him to uncork the wine and tell us about his favorite new book.
Wild Men's Hairstyle
Even gentlemen need to go wild every now and then. What better way to showcase this burst of energy and creativity than with a modified styling of his haircut?
The natural wave gives way to a lot of wild motion and commotion, shaped and held up with matte gel ruffled around with the fingers. Individual strands can be twirled and accentuated for added texture. A little punk explosion suits every man!
Hipster Look
The new understatement is a cool trend that started in bigger cities and is spreading like wildfire. A quality haircut and casual styling are part of it. His ruffled tresses are full of boyish charm, and at first glance, it’s not evident how much thought and skill were used to create this effortlessly stylish look.
For all this movement, the hair was pulled forward from the back and lifted up in front, wispy on the sides, and spunky all over with a fun, disheveled, easy-going flavor.
Photographer: Michael Petersohn, Berlin
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