The buzz about buzz cuts: why Iris Law, Jada Pinkett-Smith and Kristen Stewart shaved their heads, and tips for shaving yours
- Shaving off your hair is a dramatic way to change your look, and those who do say it can be empowering, and even life-changing
- Actresses like Gossip Girls’ Jordan Alexander and Natalie Portman had buzz cuts to play roles; Jada Pinkett-Smith shaved her head to mark a milestone birthday
A woman who cuts her hair is about to change her life, so Coco Chanel once famously said. But what about when she buzzes it right off? Now that is really a way to change course.
Just ask Iris Law. The 20-year-old model (and daughter of actors Jude Law and Sadie Frost) recently walked the Cannes red carpet with a platinum blonde buzz cut.
The dramatic do was debuted two weeks prior in British Vogue. As Law told the magazine: “The day I shaved my head, I changed my life. I’ve never done anything like that before. I looked in the mirror and thought it was going to be emotional, but it wasn’t. It felt so positive.”
Then there’s the buzz cut worn by queen bee Julien Calloway in the reboot of Gossip Girl, a sharp (and cool) deviation from the preppy headbands worn in the original.
Meanwhile actor Jada Pinkett-Smith recently celebrated a new chapter of her life, entering her 50s by getting a buzz cut at the encouragement of her daughter, Willow.