Audrey Hepburn Crop

[MarilynMinsky]

I've noticed that most of the haircuts mentioned are all pretty long.

My personal late 50s icon will always be Audrey Hepburn. I'm blessed enough to look a tiny bit like her!

However, I still can't seem to get her iconic pixie just right.

This would be me: *I look so, so tired, it was a long day*

Maybe you can help me out, because I know she has to set her hair, look at how she pulls it back on the sides.

Mhm...what do you think I should do? Keep the "modern" crop, or set my hair every morning?

 

[Antje]

Your hair looks kinda harsh to work with,
maybe it the top layers where a bit longer and a set?
It's worth a try I guess

 

[C-dot]

You need some mousse to smooth back the sides (She almost always did that.)

Your hair is also too straight - Audrey's front hair was probably long enough to set in small rollers, but not her whole head. If you're using a flatiron, turn the heat down, and use it to curl the ends. You might also have too many layers... Grow them out an inch or so, to allow for some curl.

 

[fortworthgal]

I agree that you need more curl. My hair is naturally very wavy with a lot of body and when I wear a pixie cut, it looks quite similar to Audrey's. Also I think that your hair needs to be slightly longer on the sides. I would perhaps try a small barrel curling iron to put a few well-placed curls around the bangs and crown to imitate the look.

Do a Google image search on French actress Audrey Tautou - she looks very much like Hepburn and frequently wears her hair in a very cropped style.

 

[kamikat]

The biggest problem to getting your hair to look like hers is that today's "pixie" is much shorter. If you asked your hairstylist for a pixie, it will never look like hers. You need to grow out your top layers several inches.

 

[Foofoogal]

I have your hairdo and am now growing it out a bit. It looks like in the photo of Audrey that maybe she had a cowlick in front. Maybe this is the difference but listen to the beauticians above.
I understand your angst though as I have been trying for years to get the hairdo Liz Taylor wore here. Noone has ever understood what I meant or could do. [huh]
http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2008/10/09/article-0-02F4A5FF00000578-674_306x423.jpg

here is her shorter that I can do and you can probably also but you want Audrey.
http://msnbcmedia4.msn.com/j/msnbc/...liztaylor/ss-080731-liz-taylor-tease.300w.jpg
http://sandysfancypants.blogspot.com

 

[ThesFlishThngs]

Oh Foofoogal, me too. The Liz thing, I mean.
My hair is a growing out pixie/boycut kind of thing, so there's not much I can do with the layers just now (not saying there's nothing that CAN be done with them, only that I'm a hapless hairdresser ). But I love the way Liz had her hair in "Suddenly, Last Summer" - short and sassy, yet all those lovely curls as well. It's the ideal out-of-your-face, feminine look, that can be adapted to look right with several decades of vintage fashion.
But how to get it?......

 

[Foofoogal]

I have even taken the photo to hairdressers and nada. I know I would have to have a perm as I just have some wave. I always tell the person that I take my car to the shop and don't have a clue. that is why I come to you.
I at least have found one not afraid of cutting hair. To me this is the hardest thing for a hairdresser to overcome. I guess they have such awful picky customers.
I always tell them it will grow out as my hair grows like a weed.
Liz was beyond gorgeous.
http://sandysfancypants.blogspot.com

 

[kamikat]

I have your hairdo and am now growing it out a bit. It looks like in the photo of Audrey that maybe she had a cowlick in front. Maybe this is the difference but listen to the beauticians above.
I understand your angst though as I have been trying for years to get the hairdo Liz Taylor wore here. Noone has ever understood what I meant or could do. [huh]
http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2008/10/09/article-0-02F4A5FF00000578-674_306x423.jpg

Really?!?! That looks like a very simple style. The important thing with this style is that you either need a) some natural wave, b) a body wave permanent on orange or larger perm rods, or c) a wetset.

 

[Antje]

Strange that they don't know how to do a Liz Taylor style,
I agree with Kamikat, It is not a difficult style

 

[HopeB]

AH crop

you might need a silicone-based product for moldability, like Paul Mitchell Super Skinny serum, to give your hair a softer look. Use a pea-size amoun, blow-dry, then follow with pomade. I love Audrey!