Good Hair Days Start Here: The Best Hair at Fashion Week Fall 2025

by | Apr 7, 2025 | Beauty

A person standing in a street. The person is wearing red wraparound sunglasses and has a blond bob with bangs partly covering their face.

In this instance, face-obscuring bangs drew attention to statement sunglasses.

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Memorable styles at recent fashion weeks offer loads of inspiration for your next cut.

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Spring is a season of renewal, a time for refreshing homes, minds and wardrobes. While you are at it, why not refresh your hair? A haircut is among the quickest — and most drastic — changes in appearance that someone can make. No wonder they can induce so much anxiety. But few transformations can leave a person feeling new and improved like a good chop.

The recent fashion weeks in New York, London, Milan and Paris were a source of almost endless hairstyle inspiration. Some of the best cuts were short and sharply sheared (not unlike notable styles I saw at fashion weeks last fall). For many, keeping hair out of the face and eyes seemed to be a prevailing rule. Gel and mousse were used to give a wet look to certain short hairstyles, while longer ones of any length were overwhelmingly wavy — a mix of big, controlled sways and tight, messier crimps.

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A person standing outside. The person’s dark hair is styled in a short dark bob, and the person is turning their head, causing the bob to move.

A microbob that turned heads as it moved.

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A person walking in a crowd. Their dark hair is styled in a bob.
This bob looked softer because of its rounded shape.

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A person with blonde hair and long bangs. In the person's hair is a big black bow.
This coupling of a bow and heavy bangs evoked the singer Sia.

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A person walking in a street. The person has heavy bangs and long blond hair.
These long bangs blended nicely into the longer locks framing them.

 

A person with a shaved head walking outside.
The model Bianca Balti had a platinum blonde buzz cut with eyebrows to match.

 

A person with curly hair standing in front of a brick wall.
A dip-dye effect gave dimension to purple curls.

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A person with yellow hair standing outside.
Natural or not, this shade of yellow had the brilliance of a thousand suns.

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A person with bluish-black hair standing outside.
Together, the cut and color looked cool as ice.

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A person with coppery hair styled into twists.
Clusters of coppery twists that seemed to defy gravity.

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A person with an orange-red pompadour walking in a crowded street.
A fiery pompadour that blazed through the crowds.

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A person with short blonde hair, pieces of which are fashioned into exaggerated curls resting against the forehead.
It was almost as if these romantic curls had been painted on.

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A person standing outside. The person has short dark hair that appears to be gelled in place.
This cropped cut stood out for its gelled appearance.

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A person with short dark hair walking in a street.
And this one for its natural texture.

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A person standing outside. The person has long brownish hair styled in cascading waves.
Immaculate waves that conveyed a sense of distinction.

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A person with dark braided hair pulled back in a half updo. One braid is falling down a side of the person's face.
Intricate braids that were just as elegant.

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Two people with braided hairstyles standing next to each other outside.
Styles of different colors and lengths that both featured curly-tipped braids.

 

Two people, seen from behind, with similar braided hairstyles. Both people are also wearing blue clothing.
The bluish strands in the braided hairstyles of Stella McCartney models echoed the palettes of their ensembles.
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A person wearing sunglasses whose dark hair is styled in long braids.
These braids went from thick to thin.

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A person standing outside. The person has brown hair styled in a chignon.
A braided chignon that caught the light.

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A person standing outside. The person has wavy hair that, from roots to tips, fades from a darker to a lighter hue.
Crimping pumped up the volume of these ombré waves.

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A person walking in a street. The person has wavy red hair, pieces of which are trailing behind as the person walks.
Loose red waves that floated in the breeze.

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A person with curly hair standing outside.
A style that combined tight and soft curls.

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Cindy Bruna posing for a photo.
The word ethereal came to mind seeing the model Cindy Bruna’s Afro at the Miu Miu show.

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A person with a dark Afro and beard posing outside. The person is wearing a double breasted jacket, white shirt and reddish tie.
A precise Afro and beard went well with smart attire.

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A person with an Afro posing on a street. The person is wearing a black furry coat, a black croped top, large silver necklaces, a black leathery kilt-like skirt and black over-the-knee heeled boots.
Exuding attitude, from hair to pointy toes.

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Two people with similar blondish curly hairstyles walking in a street side by side.
These similar hairstyles seemed slightly less so when seen side by side.

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Antonia Campbell-Hughes, seen from the side, with her blonde hair styled in an elaborate curly updo.
Of all the curly styles I saw, the actress Antonia Campbell-Hughes’s blonde updo was my favorite.

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A group of men with dark hair standing in a street. Some of the men have disheveled hairstyles.
A meeting of the mop tops.

 

A person posing for a photo outside. The person is wearing a brown hat atop short disheveled brown hair.
There was a youthful charm to this combination of hat and disheveled hair.

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A person standing outside. The person has thick, dark, shoulder-length wavy hair.
This mane brought to mind those of rock gods.
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Photographs and Text by Simbarashe Cha

Simbarashe Cha is a Times photographer and visual columnist documenting style and fashion around the world. More about Simbarashe Cha

A version of this article appears in print on March 27, 2025, Section D, Page 2 of the New York edition with the headline: Seasonal Reset Starts at the Top.
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