Short haircuts have headlined the past couple of years—bobs, lobs, crops, pixie cuts—but longer lengths are stealing back the spotlight and ruffle waves are a major player that we love to see.
With hair lengths dropping their hemline, it leaves more room to experiment with texture, whether it’s celebrating your God-given waves, curls, and kinks, or getting back into the flow of things with styling tools. Lately we’ve seen mermaid waves, crimping and blow-dries everywhere on TikTok, but ruffle waves offer something a little less stylized and prescriptive, and they celebrate au naturel hair in all its glory.
Celebrity hairstylist Tom Smith highlighted the reemergence of longer-length waves over Fashion Week, dubbing them “Botticelli waves” or “long, unstructured, fluffy, textured waves or curls.”
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“Named after the Renaissance painter Sandro Botticelli, these waves were seen on many of the subjects of his work,” says Smith. “Long, loose, and unstructured with fluffy edges and a stretched-out shape.”
If you’re #blessed with beautiful fluffy texture already, the XXL lengths we’re seeing help to give the waves the space they deserve to shine.
If not, or your hair needs a little extra natural encouragement, “these can be achieved by braiding your hair two to four times in a middle or side parting and leaving overnight or heating with a hair dryer until the wave is set,” says Smith. “Styling powders and texurizing sprays are your best friend for the aerated fluffy finish.” He recommends Evo Hair’s Haze Powder.
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This story originally appeared on Glamour U.K.
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