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When a woman crops her hair, it can send a powerful message | Fashion | The Guardian

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Cara Delevingne is the latest celebrity to go for a buzzcut. When I shaved my head, it felt like a way to cut off the past and start again S haved heads are having a moment. Cara Delevingne’s silver scalp was the talk of the Met Ball last week, following Kristen Stewart sporting a bleached buzzcut in March for a new film role. In the fashion world, Adwoa Aboah and her grade-one fuzz is on the cover of both the latest i-D and LOVE magazine’s new issue, alongside Slick Woods, another model with a shaved head. It may be becoming de rigueur, but a woman with a shaved head still invites comment and gets up some people’s noses. “It’s exhausting to be told what beauty should look like,” wrote Delevingne on Instagram, in what seemed like a rebuttal to criticism of her bald look. “I am tired of society defining beauty for us. Strip away the clothes, wipe off the makeup, cut off the hair.” When I shaved my head five years ago, there were fewer examples in pop culture. There was Sinéad O’Connor,

Cara Delevingne at last week’s Met Ball. Photograph: Lucas Jackson/Reuters View image in fullscreen Cara Delevingne at last week’s Met Ball. Photograph: Lucas Jackson/Reuters Fashion This article is more than 9 years old When a woman crops her hair, it can send a powerful message This article is more than 9 years old Cara Delevingne is the latest celebrity to go for a buzzcut. When I shaved my head, it felt like a way to cut off the past and start again Lucy Jones Sun 7 May 2017 12.00 EDT Last modified on Mon 2 Jul 2018 09.53 EDT Share Prefer the Guardian on Google S haved heads are having a m

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