It’s another example of the particular tension Florence Pugh does so well on the red carpet, taking the traditional codes of bombshell glamour and running a streak of rebellion straight through them. Recent weeks on the press tour have seen her glam team delight in extremes. At Venice, Ju pulled her golden lengths into a high, textured ponytail before sculpting them into a slick wet-look quiff for a Bulgari event; for the East of Eden premieres, there have been tumbling lengths and big, romantic updos to offset all those Rodarte ruffles and dramatic gowns.
A more sculptural up-do.
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Technically, Pugh has flirted with the baby bang before. At the 2023 Oscars, hairstylist Peter Lux fashioned her ponytail forward into clever trompe l’oeil micro bangs as part of an equally sculptural updo. But against her current longer hair, this latest incarnation feels newly sharp.
And she’s certainly in good company. Bangs in all their permutations have become one of fall’s easiest beauty reset buttons: wispy, brow-skimming, heavy and blunt, or cropped several centimeters above the brow. Flo Pugh, naturally, has gone straight for the version with the most attitude. Is the only way into fall is bangs-first?
