Nothing says ‘I’m fine’ more than a post-break up haircut. Think Gwyneth Paltrow in ; Carrie Bradshaw in and now : Greek royal Princess Olympia, the daughter of Pavlos, Crown Prince of Greece. Once a glossy haired Rapunzel, Olympia is marking her post-Perry Pearson era with a new look: her razor sharp, peroxide bob: now forever called by ‘The Princess Bob.
’ Blunt, sheer and immediate, the Princess Bob is an accessory in its own right. An accessory that I happen to So I call up my man at : , a neon-yellow-haired stylist who is known as ‘The Bob King.’ (Just ask , Lennon Gallagher’s model girlfriend).
‘You’ve got proper posh hair,’ Neale says while fluffing my ends at the sleek Hershesons’ salon in Fitzrovia. Perhaps my journey from commoner to royal might not be that difficult? We scroll through feed for inspiration: there are photos of her hot girl summer at Glastonbury, in Ibiza, and in Noto, Sicily – her edgy, elegant bob perennially stealing the show. Neale muses: ‘Olympia can get away with having just one length because she has quite fine hair which always tends to sit quite flat.
’ As my hair is much thicker, my Princess Bob will need more layers to remove some ‘weight.’ Otherwise, I would end up with a ‘big wedgy thatched roof style Bob,’ says Neale. The horror! But first: the colour.
I am whisked over to the back of the salon, where is lazily flicking through a magazine. How fitting, I think: this West London It girl runs in a simil.
