We Found the Best Spring 2026 Trends to Inspire Your Next Hair Look

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Now that the season is nearly underway, it’s time to study our notes on the best Spring 2026 hair trends. As always, Bazaar editors have been keeping close tabs on our social media feeds, runways worldwide, and celebrity beauty for inspiration. This season, designers like Chanel, Moschino, Ralph Lauren, and Anna Sui are embracing hair looks with plenty of body, bounce, and personality, while others, like Fendi, Khaite, and the Row, are opting for sculpted updos or sleek blowouts to accompany their statement collections.

Looking for more beauty ideas to bookmark? Keep reading for our shortlist of some of the best Spring 2026 hair trends to plan for right now. And since we saw many of the styles come together backstage firsthand, the following list also includes product essentials that make it easy to get the look, including many that top professionals used on models before they hit the catwalk. Consider this page your crystal ball for warmer-weather styling ideas.

Polished Pixie

One Battle After Another star Teyana Taylor’s curled and glossy pixie cut, crafted by celebrity hairstylist Nikki Nelms, is making us seriously consider the big chop for spring and beyond.

Polished Pixie

Singer Gracie Abrams’s “Bixie” hairstyle at the 2026 BAFTAs barely grazes her chin, featuring an easy side part and bouncy blowout created by celebrity stylist Bobby Eliot.

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Polished Pixie

Icy blonde color and a row of baby bangs take Emma Chamberlain’s wispy pixie cut up a few notches, as do the fanned-out ends that give it barely-there length.

Polished Pixie

Actress Keke Palmer’s super short style has plenty of firepower. The star’s vibrant yet subtle red highlights nicely lend to the cut’s dimension and originality.

French Twist

Dubbed the Diva Roll by celebrity hairstylist and creator Lacy Redway, singer Chappell Roan’s French twist style at Paris Fashion Week is as structured as it is sophisticated. Plus, her deep crimson hair and piecey tendrils take the look to the next level.

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French Twist

As seen on Chanel’s Pre-Fall Métiers d’Art presentation in New York City, the French twist hair trend is back and better than ever in 2026. For long-lasting hold, spritz in some dry shampoo or a texturizing spray before securing your hair with a pin or a range of decorative combs.

French Twist

Zoë Kravitz debuted a signature take on the style at the 2026 Golden Globes, courtesy of romantic, face-framing wisps of hair and intricate microbraids. The look was topped with a delicate and off-centered floral barrette, which added an extra hint of elegance.

Hair Accessories Are Back!

We’re clocking just about all of Carolyn Bessette Kennedy’s beauty favorites right now, from her go-to musk perfumes to the simple yet elevated tortoise shell headbands she wore on repeat. These printed accessories make it simple to zhuzhu up a slicked-back bun or ponytail in seconds.

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Hair Accessories Are Back!

Streamlined elegance was key to the beauty looks on Carolina Herrera’s Spring 2026 runway, courtesy of center-parted chignons topped with rounded satin headbands.

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Hair Accessories Are Back!

Bejeweled headpieces, mirrored statement earrings, and necklaces appeared on Simone Rocha’s catwalk this season, lending to the structured glamour of the designer’s looks.

Hair Accessories Are Back!

Along with playful tinsel looks, models at Chopova Lowena wore curled clip-in pieces, vibrant bows, and braided hearts in their hair this season to place beauty at center stage alongside the brand’s collection.

Hair Accessories Are Back!

Hairstyling at Rixo leaned into the ’70s era with expert placement of floral hair clips, the draping of gilded headpieces, and the addition of easy printed scarves tied over loose waves.

Hair Accessories Are Back!

The hair bandanna is back for spring/summer 2026 and better than ever. At Emilia Wickstead, the designer opted for a printed take on the easy accessory.

Hair Accessories Are Back!

Along with hair bandannas, Bazaar editors spotted whimsical hair clips that were as cute as a button at Sandy Liang.

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Hair Accessories Are Back!

Who needs a regular hat when you can mold one from extensions? Models this season at Collina Strada wore crocheted beanies and baseball hair hats created by celebrity stylist Mustafa Yanaz and team for Bumble and Bumble.

“For the beanies, I wanted the hair to feel light and playful, almost as if it carried static energy. I prepped with Bb.Thickening Dryspun texture spray before crocheting, which gave strands an airy lift without heaviness—that flyaway, lived-in energy you get after a playground slide,” Yanaz explains. “The baseball caps required more precision. I used Bb.Thickening Blow-Dry Prep Spray to prep the hair and shape the brim, clipping and spraying in layers to create sharp, lasting definition.”

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Hair Accessories Are Back!

Seen on the runway at House of Aama, bold prints and an easy tie quickly took hairstyling to the next level.

Hair Accessories Are Back!

Bows are still trending, and we’re buzzing about the delicate pink bows expertly placed in models’ hair at LoveShackFancy. Celebrity stylist Brent Lawler crafted the playful, feminine looks on behalf of Batiste. “Usually we do lots of bows and ribbons, there’s fantasy everywhere, but this feels like the inspiration was interjecting a bit of Americana into the LoveShackFancy girl,” he explains. “I wanted the hair to feel sophisticated but not feel old and dated.”

Hair Accessories Are Back!

Colorful bandannas were also spotted on the runway at Christian Cowan, styled with glossy bends of hair peeking out from underneath them.

Hair Accessories Are Back!

“This season is inspired by Carnival and the cross-pollination colonization of Afro and Indigenous peoples,” Luar’s Raul Lopez previously told Bazaar. For the brand’s Spring/Summer 2026 show, that inspiration was clear through lead stylist Sonny Molina’s placement of feathers, sequins, and more in models’ updos. “It’s kind of like painting: picking the right colors, shapes, and silhouettes and just going with it,” Molina told Bazaar backstage. “We also wanted to reflect this fantasy, weaving together the essence of the clothes into the hair for this combined aura of celebration and imagination.”

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Hair Accessories Are Back!

Who said combs were only meant to detangle? Models at the Row’s presentation this season wore updos held in place with French pins and hair combs, created by Palau and team.

Slicked-Back

Slicked back styles are here to stay, with mid-back hair length dramatizing bone-straight brushed-back looks seen on the Courrèges runway.

Slicked-Back

Loewe doubled down on the slicked-back trend for spring/summer 2026, with a few models wearing strands of hair pressed to their right temples.

Slicked-Back

Hair looks were perfectly polished and poised at Alaïa, thanks to smooth, slicked-back buns worn by models on the catwalk.

Slicked-Back

Slicked-back styles at Christopher Esber were equal parts structured and soft, with extra emphasis placed on side sculpting.

Slicked-Back

At Hermès, glossy waves and blowouts were matched with slicked-back precision.

Slicked-Back

The wet look was given a high-fashion treatment on Prada’s Spring/Summer 2026 runway, anchored by plenty of shine and seamless structure.

Slicked-Back

In addition to the natural coils and flowing waves we spotted at Balenciaga’s Spring/Summer show, there were a number of combed-through, sleek styles worth adding to your mood board.

Slicked-Back

Side parts anchored sleek, low buns at Fendi, which stood out on the catwalk next to no-makeup makeup and bright pops of color from the season’s collection.

Slicked-Back

At Victoria Beckham, low, glossy ponytails enhanced the fresh-faced makeup looks worn on the catwalk.

Slicked-Back

Hairstylist Guido Palau spoke to Bazaar exclusively about the slicked-back, slightly undone styles he created for Khaite’s Spring/Summer 2026 runway. The pulled-back look is an ode to the downtown area of New York in the ’90s. “The hair today is all back off the face, which is simple but very dramatic to expose the face and make the face very powerful,” he says.

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Slicked-Back

Along with colorful hair looks, polished, slicked-back styles reigned supreme on Theophilio’s runway this season.

Slicked-Back

At Off-White, hair was smoothed away from the face, as seen on supermodel Iris Law, to allow natural, glowing makeup to really shine.

Slicked-Back

Structured chignons were spotted on Grace Ling’s Spring/Summer 2026 catwalk, making a subtle yet impactful beauty statement.

Bold New Bangs

Slicked-back braids were disrupted by piecey, windblown bangs on Acne’s runway that added to the style’s dimension.

Bold New Bangs

Hair looks at Zimmermann’s Spring/Summer 2026 show made the case for carefree and slightly overgrown bangs.

Bold New Bangs

Micro bangs and undone updos reigned supreme at Dries Van Noten this season.

Bold New Bangs

The mushroom cut received a modern-day twist, thanks to stylists at Thom Browne who enhanced the layered look with low-hanging braided ponytails.

Sculptural Updos

A classic low bun was the cherry on top of Mugler’s sophisticated and timeless beauty looks this season.

Sculptural Updos

Bountiful bundles of curls were pinned in place to create sculptural, easy updos at Giorgio Armani.

Sculptural Updos

Here’s a next-level hair look: Hairstylists at Dhruv Kapoor not only expertly smoothed models’ buns for the runway, they also added a cluster of pearls to their sideburns for simple sophistication.

Sculptural Updos

Models at Tove’s Spring/Summer 2026 presentation showcased gathered yet undone chignons near the nape of the neck, with a few wispy pieces lightly tucked behind each ear.

Sculptural Updos

Clusters of tight buns atop models’ heads during the KNWLS runway show elevated the traditional topknot for Fashion Month.

Sculptural Updos

This isn’t a regular top knot; it’s a sculptural top knot. Models at Lapointe wore layered buns—known as the Knotted Mohawk—from the hairline to the nape of the neck, for a modern take on the classic look, crafted by celebrity stylist Joey George for Oribe.

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Sculptural Updos

At Prabal Gurung, Redway designed the show’s wavy “Heavenly Bow” updo using a range of styling essentials from Tresemmé. “This season, we wanted to create
something that felt soft and romantic—a heavenly take on effortless beauty,” the stylist explains.

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Wavy Baby

Loose, air-dried curls were pulled back into low ponytails on Miu Miu’s runway this season.

Wavy Baby

Palau and team proved that less truly is more at Dior’s Spring/Summer 2026 show, elevating a variety of softly styled, touchable waves and curls.

Wavy Baby

Elegant high-shine waves cascaded down models’ backs on Giambattista Valli’s catwalk.

Wavy Baby

Next to the tailored fashion looks on the runway this season, bouncy waves and curls, along with closely cropped coils, made their catwalk debut at Chanel.

Wavy Baby

Endless volume and controlled frizz successfully doubled as accessories at Moschino.

Wavy Baby

There was no shortage of tousled, wavy styles at Isabel Marant this season.

Wavy Baby

At Rabanne, natural textures were in the driver’s seat, helmed by a variety of effortless center and off-center parts.

Wavy Baby

A center part was the perfect addition to flowing, polished waves on Etro’s Spring/Summer 2026 runway.

Wavy Baby

Wavy hair got the rough-dry treatment for Missoni’s catwalk this season, adding enhanced volume and even more texture.

Wavy Baby

Nº21 combined two spring/summer 2026 hair trends, with back-length waves accented by bedazzled ribbons loosely tied over them like necklaces.

Wavy Baby

At Michael Kors, models embraced their natural textures with an abundance of soft, bouncy waves.

Wavy Baby

The wavy-hair trend was also seen at Bach Mai, where center parts offered plenty of extra bounce on its catwalk.

Wavy Baby

“Each model had a custom look. We really wanted to keep their natural texture,” celebrity stylist Diego da Silva says of the effortless styles at Ulla Johnson, created with Wella Professionals. “If someone had straight hair, we kept it straight. If they had waves or curls, we worked with that. The effortless look fits with the collection because Ulla’s designs are always soft and flawless, and the hair needed to carry that same feeling.”

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Wavy Baby

Free-flowing waves are practically a beauty staple on Ralph Lauren’s runways in any season. For its Spring/Summer 2026 presentation, models wore theirs with a range of undone center parts.

Retro Calling

Vintage-inspired kiss curls are still going strong, as worn by actress and producer Quinta Brunson on the red carpet of the 2026 Actor Awards.

Retro Calling

We’re loving this braided take on the hair trend styled on Celine’s Paris Fashion Week Spring/Summer 2026 runway.

Retro Calling

Celebrity hairstylist Garren for R+Co took direct inspiration from Anna Sui’s Desert Blooms collection, inspired by young artists of the early 1920s. Models wore modern-day victory hair rolls, complete with face-framing pieces. “It’s very ethereal in a way and very bohemian. All of the girls have very long hair,” the stylist says. “It is coming out of the ’20s, and hair at that point was very strict, very up, and kind of Gibsony. These young kids decided they wanted their hair down, to let loose and break away from the norm.”

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Retro Calling

Redway, for Tresemmé and GHD, also masterminded the vintage-inspired hair looks at Christian Siriano this season, naming the side-parted updo the “Liquid Wave.” “For Siriano, we wanted a look that was sleek yet striking—a sculpted wave that feels both modern and timeless,” she adds. “It’s all about that balance of high-shine polish with clean, fluid lines.”

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Center-Parted and Sleek

A sleek, gelled hold at the crown of models’ heads at Lacoste gave way to flowing hair movement.

Center-Parted and Sleek

Centered blowouts with a subtle, face-framing bend set the stage for easy beauty at Jason Wu’s Spring/Summer presentation.

Center-Parted and Sleek

At Issey Miyake this season, models wore centered blowouts with subtle bends in their hair in a nod to understated texture.

Center-Parted and Sleek

In addition to showing sleek ponytails, celebrity stylist Eugene Souleiman for Fekkai led the charge on sophisticated, center-parted hair for Brandon Maxwell’s 10th anniversary show. “The look for Brandon is a very simple, very classic look with a twist,” he notes. “The clothes are incredibly chic. We were talking about the classics in hair and what always works for a fashion show.”

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Center-Parted and Sleek

At Area, bone-straight looks made a serious hair statement on the catwalk.

Center-Parted and Sleek

A grungy, air-dried take gave hairstyles at Rick Owens extra edge this season.

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