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Hair, what does it matter?'"

model at Dior with blunt baby bangs and knotted headband

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hairstylistGuido Palaucasually tells me over Zoom.

Safety measures didn’t stifle Palau’s creativity atParisandMilan’sFashion Weeks, though.

He’s still partial to pre-show haircuts (as we’ve seen over the years atMarc JacobsandMiu Miu).

All help them celebrate their own ideas of beauty while shaping beauty trends.

Yes, Palau believes young people are now inspiring the runways instead of the other way around.

“She said, ‘I always tweak my own hair.

I’m sorry,'” Palau recalls.

He welcomed the adjustment and appreciated she made his work her own.

A picture of her lives on his Instagram now.

“Young people are quite expressive,” he continues.

“It might be the time we’re in at the moment.

They can think, Hey, why not?

There’s so much going wrong in the world.

Why can’t I just be who I am?

The pressure of conforming is gone.

Hair and makeup is the easiest, fastest, and arguably the most affordable way to experiment.

Pixies with sideburn-like layers and long chunks offace-framing layersappeared alongside blunt,baby bangs again at Prada.

(They were at Dior too.)

No blending or fancy techniques are necessary.

They were purposefully unrefined and aggressive, Palau says.

Even if you have curly hair, Palau says the look works.

Instead, the camaraderie ofBillie Eilish’s signature hairstylewas his point of reference.

With this in mind, Palau wanted to create a distinctive “Prada girl” style.

It’s a signal via Zoom that you were bored.

You wanted a change.

You wanted to do something anything with your hair, and we can all understand that.

We might as well embrace the rawness ofat-home haircuts.

You have Guido Palau’s permission.

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