Trending Hairstyles for 2027

The haircuts heading into 2027 are softer versions of the bold shapes from the past few years. Mullets are being blended, shags are being smoothed, and one clean length is back. The pattern is the same across all of them. The shapes are staying and the harsh edges are going.

What haircuts will be trending in 2027?

Nobody can predict hair a year out with certainty. What you can do is watch which shapes are still gaining rather than fading, and that is what the list below is built on.

Six things are pointing upward going into 2027:

• Soft mullets. The mullet stopped being a statement and became a shape
• Blunt, one-length cuts. A swing back from years of heavy layering
• The soft bob. The bob is not going anywhere. It is just being cut with less of a hard edge
• Very short bangs. The boldest thing on the list, and still climbing
• Shags, blended rather than choppy. The layering stays, the hard edges go
• The Y2K revival, continuing. Not new any more, but not slowing either

There is one thread running through all of them. Every shape on this list is a softened version of something that was sharper two years ago. The color trends coming with them follow the same pattern, and they are covered further down.

1. The soft mullet keeps growing

This is the biggest shift on the list, and it is not close.

The mullet came back as a high-contrast statement cut, short and heavy on top with a long tail. What is growing now is the softened version. The length change is blended, so it reads as a layered cut rather than a mullet.

That softer version has a name. A shullet is a shag and a mullet crossed, blended throughout, and it is the version most people are actually asking for. If you like the shape but not the attention, that is the one to look at.

Expect to see it on more people who would never have described themselves as mullet people.

2. Blunt cuts and the return of one length

After several years where every cut had layers, texture and movement, a single clean length looks deliberate again.

The blunt bob is leading it. Interest in blunt bobs has grown a lot over the past year. The blunt lob, cut at the collarbone, has grown sharply from a much smaller base.

The appeal is partly practical. A blunt cut makes fine hair look fuller, because no weight is removed anywhere. After years of being told to add texture, a lot of people with fine hair are finding the opposite works better.

The trade-off is upkeep. A blunt line needs a trim every six to eight weeks to stay crisp.

3. The soft bob

The bob is the most durable haircut there is, and the 2027 version is softer than the sharp, structured one of recent years.

Vogue Australia’s 2027 forecast has stylists from Aveda and Studio Muse pointing the same way. They expect the bob to keep dominating, cut for movement and easy styling rather than a razor-sharp edge. Soft fringes stay one of the most requested finishes.

Search data shows blunt bobs growing too. Both are true. The bob is winning either way. Soft edge or blunt edge is the real decision to bring to your appointment.

4. Very short bangs, and the micro fringe

The boldest thing on this list, and the one with the most momentum behind it.

Micro bangs sit well above the eyebrows, sometimes halfway up the forehead. Searches have held at a high level all year after rising through late 2025.

Two reasons this one is worth watching. It pairs with almost everything on this list, from blunt bobs to soft mullets. And it is the easiest way to change how a haircut looks, since it is a fringe rather than a full cut.

Vogue Australia’s 2027 forecast calls this one the return of the micro fringe, and predicts it will be seen everywhere. Their stylists make a useful point about why it works now. The rest of the hair is fuller and healthier, so a very short fringe looks modern rather than severe.

It is also the highest maintenance thing here. A trim every two to three weeks, which Numi does free between haircut appointments.

5. Shags, softened

The shag is not going anywhere. What is changing is how it is cut.

The 70s version used heavy thinning and visible steps between layers. The modern shag blends them, so you get movement and lift without the choppy edges. Same shape, softer execution.

This matters more than it sounds. The difference between a shag that looks expensive and one that looks damaged is entirely in whether thinning shears were used. Expect stylists to keep moving away from them.

6. The Y2K revival, still going

This one is no longer new, which is exactly why it belongs on the list.

Claw clips, center parts and face-framing highlights have all settled in rather than passing through. Searches for 2000s hairstyles have more than doubled since the spring, so the era is getting more attention rather than less. Our post on whether Y2K hairstyles are coming back sorts out which parts returned and which did not.

The version that stuck is the soft one. Blended highlights instead of hard streaks, and loose face-framing pieces instead of gelled tendrils.

The color and finish trends coming with them

A haircut is only half of it. Three color and condition trends are moving alongside these shapes, and all three follow the same softening pattern.

High-shine brunettes

Brunette stays dominant, but the emphasis moves to richness and shine rather than visible highlights. Vogue’s forecast describes deep brunettes with subtle sun-kissed dimension. The color is built tone on tone, so it reflects light instead of showing obvious placement. It is depth without stripes.

Glossy, healthy hair

Every stylist in that forecast agrees on this one. Condition is becoming the luxury, and shine is being treated as seriously as the cut or the color. In practice that means rich, seamless color replacing high-contrast highlights. It also means getting your hair healthy before chasing a directional style.

Gray blending

This is the biggest change of the three, because it reverses a default. For years the goal with gray was to cover all of it. Gray blending instead uses dimensional color that works with your natural gray rather than hiding it, which means softer regrowth and far less maintenance.

It is also the trend with the most momentum behind it in search, and we have already written the detailed comparison. See our guide to gray coverage vs gray blending for which one suits you.

Editorial hair, and what it actually means

One more idea runs through the whole 2027 forecast, and it is less a style than a standard.

After years of hair designed for a phone screen, the pull is back toward a glossier, old-school glamour. A 90s blowout is the easiest way to try it. Aveda’s prediction is that clients will ask for cuts with an editorial quality. That means hair that looks directional and considered, but still works on a normal Tuesday.

For most people that translates into something simple. A shape with a clear point of view, finished properly, rather than a style that only holds together in one photo. The expert forecasts in this section come from Vogue Australia’s 2027 hair trend report.

What is on the way out

Worth saying plainly, since most trend lists only tell you what to add.

• Heavy thinning shears. The single clearest change. Blended layers are replacing thinned ones across every shape here
• Hard, unblended highlights. The high contrast chunky streak now reads as dated rather than retro
• Stiff finishes. Gel-crunched pieces and heavy hairspray. The shapes stayed and the crunch did not
• Extreme disconnection. The very choppy wolf cut is softening into the blended versions above. The exception is the jellyfish haircut, which keeps its hard line on purpose and is still gaining

How to choose a 2027 cut that actually suits you

A trend list is a starting point, not a recommendation. Three questions narrow it down faster than any photo.

• Is your hair fine or thick? Fine hair does better with blunt, one-length cuts. Thick hair does better with blended layers that remove weight
• How often will you really come in? Micro bangs need two to three weeks, blunt cuts six to eight, soft shags and mullets eight to ten
• Do you wear it up? If most days are a ponytail, the shorter top layers in a shag or mullet will fight you

Answer those three honestly and usually one or two options on this list drop out immediately.

2027 hair trend questions, answered

Planning a new cut in Westchester?

The useful thing about this list is that every shape on it comes in a soft version and a harsh version. Which one you get is decided by your stylist, not by the trend.

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