If for you, autumn initiates a siren call that signals fringe season, you’ve come to the right place. Butterfly bangs are the latest fringe refresh to have on your radar as we get deep into hot hazelnut latte territory and it combines two iconic styles (and counts Jennifer Lawrence as a convert).
Last September, J.Law debuted a new blunt set of Birkin Bangs (named after French style icon Jane Birkin). Then like clockwork, as autumn hit this year, she teamed up with celebrity hair stylist, Chris Appleton, on a fringe shake-up that Chris dubbed “butterfly bangs and we couldn’t be more obsessed with the soft, inspect-inspired cut.
The style captures the sweet spot between face-framing curtain bangs and a full-on French fringe. Wispy brow-skimming strands cover the forehead while blending seamlessly into the rest of the hair thanks to face-framing layers that fan out toward the cheekbones.
“The bangs get their name from taking the shape of butterfly wings,” Appleton told Glamour, before breaking down everything you need to know about the chic autumn fringe you’re about to see everywhere.
What are butterfly bangs?
Consider butterfly bangs to be the wispy cross between Sabrina Carpenter’s curtain bangs and Dakota Johnson‘s dense signature style. In one Instagram comment, Appleton described the bangs as “shorter and airy in the center, winging out at the cheekbones for lift and movement rather than a traditional fringe.”