Supermodel Aweng Chuol Approves Of This 12 months’s Hottest Haircut – Essence

It’s official: this 12 months’s hottest haircut is now supermodel authorised. From Taylor Russell’s gamine look to a sideburn-heavy reduce on Jodie Turner-Smith, pixie cuts have lengthy been trending amongst Hollywood actresses. However this week, South Sudanese mannequin Aweng Chuol attended the 2025 Style Belief Awards in a spiked pixie, giving this season’s hottest fashion an edge.

On the crimson carpet, she debuted a finger-raked, gelled coiffure—paired with a muddy Oude Waag gown and reflective earrings—executed by hairstylist Shayz Enrique. Whereas most of her hair was pushed upwards, slicked strands introduced pure curves on the entrance, which framed her face. Utilizing Rihanna’s Fenty Hair, Enrique’s gel-tipped fingers (attempt: The Gelly Sort Robust Maintain Gel) gave Chuol’s pixie a agency construction with out sacrificing her pure, lived-in look.

Nevertheless it’s not the primary time she’s gone quick. Finally 12 months’s CFDA Awards, Chuol wore a razored moist look whereas a good bowl reduce at a Marc Jacobs social gathering again in February was extra easy and even. Now, she’s returning to her pure hair size, displaying sculptural quantity and stylish versatility we might not have anticipated from a pixie reduce. 

To finish the look, make-up artist Matthew Fishman used MAC’s new Studio Repair Powder Plus Basis for a dreamy, but rugged magnificence second. Caviar lip liner outlined her glazed angelic lips, whereas lashes and a darkish waterline enhanced her smokey copper eyeshadow. With pixie cuts turning out to be this season’s hottest look, one factor’s for certain: Aweng Chuol approves.