The side part vs centre part debate shows no signs of slowing down. Even though we all know... there's room for both. Hell, even some days I do both (not at the same time). But one distinct advantage of the centre part is that it can be worn with the ever dreamy curtain bangs. Versatile, flattering, low maintenance and currently busy framing the face of the one and only Kimberly Noel Kardashian.
Curtain bangs boomed in popularity during lockdown, thanks to a mix of fringes growing out and people feeling moderately adventurous with DIY haircuts, without having to risk it all (understandably, I mean, there were a lot of Zoom calls and your head became 50% of all people saw). Now that we're firmly back in our stylists appointment books, you may have been hearing less about the low maintenance face-framers. But now Kim has gone for curtain bangs, or should I say 'Kurtain bangs', it's confirmed they aren't going anywhere.
During her recent white-blonde era, and brief honey route back to brunette, Kim often used grown-out or high contrast roots to add shape and structure around the face, generally leaving her tresses in long flowing lengths. So, we're not surprised she's gone for a cut that brings back a little more dimension around the face, but of course still long enough to tie back and slick away.
Given that the Kar-Jenners probably have a combined wig collection bigger than the Royal Shakespeare company, there's always a chance these new bangs are on a wig, but it looks to us like the real deal.
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Elena Chabo is Cosmopolitan UK's former beauty writer, working on everything from buzzy celeb news and trending beauty, to sincere first-person reviews and engaging video content for social media. She also creates meatier features and expert-led how-to guides, for print and online. Her passion for Black beauty, textured hair, and the ways beauty interacts with culture, society, identity and relationships, quickly took over her writing career and led her into beauty journalism. Following an MA in Magazine Journalism in 2017, she cut her teeth across various roles at Stylist Magazine, before taking on a Digital Writer role at Good Housekeeping. It was here that beauty took centre stage and she launched and ran the site's first stand-alone beauty section. Remaining at Hearst, she joined the Cosmo beauty team in 2022. Find her on LinkedIn.
