‘13 Reasons Why’ Star Katherine Langford Reveals A Dramatic New Bixie Cut With A ’90s Calvin Klein Feel

A hair cut can be daunting at the best of times, but when you’re going from waves that tumble past your shoulders to a bixie (that’s bob-meets-pixie, for the uninitiated), it takes guts – and trust in your hairdresser. When Australian actor Katherine Langford – best known for her breakout role in the Netflix hit 13 Reasons Why – decided to take the leap, she turned to a particularly skilled set of hands in the form of hairstylist to the stars Halley Brisker. Despite the complete hair overhaul they had in mind, their client-stylist relationship was brand new – they met for the first time just two weeks earlier.

Langford previously had long hair that reached past her shoulders – as seen here at the end of 2024.

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After a successful first meeting – which saw Brisker style her hair in gentle waves ahead of a day at Wimbledon – Langford reached out to revisit the conversation they’d had about cutting all her hair off. It was time to make it happen, she said. “Once we’d locked in a date and time, my priority was building a really thorough moodboard,” explains Brisker. “I wanted to understand what her ideal cut would look like – what characters she was channelling, who inspired her? So we pulled together three pages of visual references based on her initial ideas, which made sure we were completely aligned.”

Halley Brisker

Halley Brisker

The moodboards, which all had a ’90s Calvin Klein feel, featured a few recognisable faces: think Florence Pugh’s cool-girl long crop, Kristen Stewart’s mussed-up bixie cut, and Christy Turlington’s iconic pixie cut from the ’90s. Androgynous and cool, the look Langford and Brisker landed on is half bixie, half soft crop, which looks great with fresh skin and a pair of jeans. “It feels kind of genderless, I suppose, in the fact that we weren’t focused on whether it should feel feminine or masculine,” says Brisker. “The idea was really to create a cut that felt cool and enhanced her facial features.”

Plus, whoever said that going short means limiting your styling options? As these exclusive photos prove, this cut is not only flattering, but remarkably versatile too. From a minimalist ’90s curtain style to a retro ’50s teddy boy finish, there is definitely room to experiment. “There’s a certain length that hits a sweet spot,” Brisker agrees. “It gives you multiple haircuts – you can wear it as a pixie, crop or even a super short, jaw-grazing bob. It’s basically three styles in one.”

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