Short haircuts for women have been big in 2025—and undoubtedly it’s been the year of the bob in various shapes and sizes—the wolfcuts, the lob, the puffy bob , etcetera. With Miu Miu fall 2025 , Miuccia Prada’s parade of characterful, intergenerational models proposed another cropped hair silhouette in a show that asked questions of femininity right now.

“Do we need femininity in this difficult time to lift us up?” Prada asked. “The typical accessories of femininity: the bra, the brooches, the fur…the question is what do we retain of femininity?”

For many people, there’s a haircut that will recall a grandma or elderly relative—often it’s a somewhat square shape, that sits at the nape of the neck, like my own nonna. She had a weekly salon appointment that she reverently attended to

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