“2025 is the year of the pixie,” Topicals founder Olamide Olowe told ESSENCE exclusively a few weeks ago. Since then, we spotted models Aweng Chuol and Anok Yai in spiked and gamine versions ...

Promise. The pixie is a haircut synonymous with cool girls. Zoë Kravitz, Halsey, Emma Stone...the list goes on. But contrary to popular belief, there are many iterations of the short style.