Women’s side part
Whether you have short or long hair, or something in between, the side part is the
fashionable hair parting in 2012. Working across most of the year’s
fashion trends, and compatible with a large number of the other hair
trends, our guide to the side part for women takes you through the different ways to wear the parting and provides over 80 different photos for styling inspiration.
Wet look hair
Perfectly slick or unceremoniously textured, flowing free or tied up
high. A vast number of hairstyles across the spring / summer 2012
runways had one thing in common: they all had a wet-look finish. Read
our guide to 2012′s wet look hairstyles to be taken through the key wet hairstyles.
Indie fringe / bangs
Fringes, or bangs, have had their revival the past few years. One
particular style that remains strong is the grungy, indie take on the
style: long, blunt, and bed-hairishly messy, it’s the cool girl’s
interpretation for 2012. Read our guide to the indie fringe / bangs.
As the default hair parting for most women it seems somewhat silly to
cite a centre hair part amongst 2012’s hairstyles. But bear with us.
Hairstyle trends often have more than one element about them, and that’s
the case with the centre part in 2012. Suited to all hair colors, the
centre part aligns itself with two or 2012’s revival trends: ‘60s fashion and ‘70s fashion for spring / summer 2012.
(Clockwise from top left) long and blonde with a 70s air at
Kevork Kiledjian S/S 2012; a center part with 2012′s wet look at
Alexander Wang; with a near-shoulder length bob at Luca Luca; with thick
and dark hair at Luca Luca.
That means that the centre part continues to be all about long hair
and soft waves. Naturally, there are other 2012 hairstyle trends that it
aligns itself with and you wouldn’t be amiss to wear a centre part with
the likes of the year’s wet and long hairstyle and its in-numerous
up-dos.
Were it solely down to the costuming of
The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo
it’d be easy to write this 2012 haircut trend off as far too limited in
its demographic appeal to have an impact upon the wider fashion
conscious. But with
Dragon Tattoo likely to decimate the box office,
Rooney Mara’s
prime positioning across old and new media, and the fact that Mara has
been described as bringing a mainstream sex appeal to the role of
Lisbeth Salander, this is one haircut where you can say demographic
appeal be damned. After all, if the potential success of the Dragon
Tattoo film proves anything it’s that the mainstream is now far broader.
Hence the H&M x
Dragon Tattoo clothing collection. Hence this short fringe / bangs.
Rooney Mara in Vogue magazine
Working across a number hair colors, though obviously a better fit with dark colored hair, the very
short fringe / bangs
needn’t have any demographic connotations at all. It all comes down to
face shape. Keep the cut really short with a smaller forehead or a
little bit longer, ala Bettie Page, if that’s what works better for you.
As if to prove both the latter point and the fact that the
demographic limitations simply don’t exist with this really short
fringe, you’ll find its a haircut that has also featured well away from
the world of well-worn leather and umpteenth piercings. Model Aymeline
Valade took the short fringe / bangs to the John Galliano
spring / summer 2012 catwalk, and did so with a distinct level of modern elegance.
Very short bangs on Aymeline Valade
2012 hair accessories
Headscarf / hair wrap
With a new year comes new hair trends, and with new hair trends come a
lust for new accessories. In 2012 the head scarf gets revived in a
number of ways, from the retro-chic of vintage styles to the exotic
appeal of the head wrap.
Read our guide to the head scarf / hair wrap at that link.
Double hair knot
There’s been a fixation of late for hair trends for long hair to have an effortless appeal to them: the double hair knot
2011 hair trend builds on that appeal. As simple as it sounds, this is a
hair trend that can be worn in 2011′s autumn (fall) / winter seasons
along with the year’s spring / summer seasons. Click the previous link
to find out more, along with ‘how to style it’ tips and product
recommendations.
Braided topknot
With 2011′s hair trends dominated by hairstyles as opposed to
particular cuts, it’s should come as no surprise to see that braids
remain on trend. In 2011, however, the begin to fuse with other popular
hairstyles, in this case the topknot. Click to find out more about the braided topknot including a detailed how-to guide, and a look at the catwalks that inspired it.
Half up braided hair
The side braid mightn’t be 2011′s hair braid of choice, but something
with braids pulled to the side had to replace it. An effortless option
comes to us with two braids in the form of the half up braided hairstyle. Made to be worn with an effortless attitude, follow the link for our how to guide to this 2011 long hairstyle.
Bird’s nest bun
By no means is this already a full blown 2011 hairstyle trend,
nonetheless this is a look that moved with immediacy from the spring
2010 and pre-fall 2011 catwalks to the red carpet. And there it may
remain as a 2011 hairstyle trend for that special event, despite the
fact that it has the key element of all 2011 hair trends: an effortless
look. Read more on the bird’s nest bun / powderpuff, including a detailed how to, by following the link.
Waved bob
You’ll see in the 2011 haircut trends section below that the bob is
back for 2011, though specifically with a fringe. For those who want or
already have a bob haircut the question becomes how to style it in 2011.
Taking the lead from the waved hair trends of 2010, the waved bob
hairstyle is one of the on-trend ways to style a longer bob (again the
trend length) in 2011. Click to read about 2011′s waved bob along with a simple how-to guide.
When it comes to picking your haircut for 2011 there’s one thing you
need to know: the year’s fashion is all about revivals. Revivals of the
60s, revivals of the 70s, and revivals of more recent looks. And as it
is for fashion, so too is it for
2011′s haircuts.
In 2011 the most on trend haircuts take their influences from the
20th century, with short haircuts influences by the 1960s and mid-length
haircuts influenced by the 1970s. Read on for more information on
2011′s haircut trends.
Fringe / bangs
Hair trends tend to come and go, but not so for this 2011 women’s
hair cut trend, which is experiencing a major resurgence. Last a major
trend in 2007 / 2008 this hair cut detail had died off by 2010, which
was a year in which hair trends were dominated by hairstyles as opposed
to hair cuts. But in 2011 it’s back as an overarching hair cut trend,
one that can be worn with nearly all of the year’s hair colour and hair
style trends. Find out more about fringes / bangs for 2011.
Bob with fringe / bangs
The bob is back, is reinterpreted and is re-imagined. Yes, it last
with us only a few short years ago, but as a 2011 haircut the is longer
and sports a fringe / bangs. As a 2011 hairstyle the bob is softer and
more retro-inspired, having been infused with a 60s backcombing and a
70s soft, rounded shape. To find out more about the bob with bangs / fringe as a 2011 haircut and hairstyle, follow the link.
Pixie crop haircut
Recently hair trends have moved in three year cycles, and it’s no
different for 2011′s hair trends. Hence we see yet another evolution of
this short hair style as it reverts to the same short length that was
last popular in 2007. In 2010 it was a haircut all about short sides and
a longer fringe, as a 2011 haircut though the
pixie crop is short all over – find out more by following the link.
Choosing a 2011 hair colour
Normally Fashionising.com’s annual hair trends guide lists individual
colours to inspire you. 2011 is no different. But there is a twist. You
see, 2011 hair colours are about more than individual shades with
picking a new hair colour for yourself being a trend in itself. And
we’re not talking about any change of shade, but a dramatic, head
turning change. Hence 2011′s hair colour is just change it. Read our guide on picking a 2011 hair colour to find out more.
White blonde
With 2011′s hair all being about strong cuts and colours the
strongest of blonde hair colours was always going to feature. And so it
is that with models such as Siri Tollerod pushing the look white blonde / platinum blonde
features as one of the hair colour trends for 2011, with it being a
particularly strong look for the spring / summer 2011 season.
Red hair
Deserving of its own dedicated article, redheads are, in 2011, the
new bombshells. Being a rare hair colour puts redheads into their own
exclusive group; but that doesn’t mean you can’t join them. Seen
throughout history as everything from fiery warriors to seductive
maidens, red haired beauties have plenty of ongoing appeal. Read more on
the redhead hair colour trend – who should try it, and how to style it.
