pixie cut
nounEtymology From traditional depictions of mythological pixies. First popularized in the 1950s by Audrey Hepburn and later by Jean Seberg.
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A women's hairstyle, generally short on the back and sides of the head and slightly longer on the top.
- Whether your hair covers your head in short curls, a pert pixie cut, smooth braids, or a long bob, do yourself a good turn by finding the styles which are most becoming to you.1955, Adah Broadbent, Teen-Age Glamor, Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, page 59:
- Shoulder-length, curled hair was ideal, although some women would wear braids tied with rubber bands for the games. Pixie cuts for women were still at least a decade away […]2010, Mary Beth Klatt, Chicago's Fashion History: 1865–1945, page 111: