HAIR TRENDS

The Christy cut is the cutest throwback crop that's making a glorious return

Inspired by Christy Turlington in the early '90s.

27 February 2025

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Nostalgia will never get old (excuse the irony). We're not done mining the archives when it comes to truly phwoar hair moments and the Christy cut is our latest infatuation to emerge from the golden Supers era of the ‘80s and ’90s.

You might have guessed from the name, Christy Turlington is responsible for this one, specifically the adorable cropped chop she rocked for the spring-summer 1991 runway season.

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Bringing it back to our attention, pro hair stylist duo, The Hair Bros, have been offering up a whole load of insider intel about how best to create the cut and exactly why it's so iconic. Posting to their Instagram, they wrote "[this is] our take on the most opinionated hairstyle that has been around for decades. Love it or hate it, the bowl cut.”

They continued the “haircut has always been in the back of our minds, and has at times been at the forefront of fashion.” And, while they note “its popularity [has] soared and dropped as much as any good rollercoaster does over the years,” short chops are firmly back on the agenda with pixies and crobs (cropped bobs) leading as one of 2025's most desired hair cuts.

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What is the Christy cut?

As for what exactly the Christy cut is, The Hair Bros explain, “[the cut] has had different names throughout the eras – The Pageboy, The Purdy – though one thing stays the same: the way the bowl shape frames the cheekbones and eyes like no other cut.”

Essentially, it's a grown-out pixie or an outgrown crop with enough length to celebrate natural-textured waves and curls, but it stops short of reaching bob length.

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How to get the Christy cut?

If you heard the word “bowl” and “pageboy” cut and nearly dipped, we don't blame you, but the Christy cut is much less severe than the Sassoon-level severe shapes of the ‘60s, there’s a lot more texture and movement to keep it feeling cool and relaxed.

“Traditionally [pageboy cuts were] blowdried meticulously or straightened perfectly [meaning] it was a little harder to live with this haircut,” The Hair Bros explain. “But we wondered if we took the cheekbone-framing outline of the bowl cut and put it into 2025 – with the idea of putting both the natural texture and movement first – how good would it look,” The Hair Bros mused. For inspo, they looked to Christy Turlington, and for execution, they paired the rounded bowl cut with a lot more loose natural texture.