Italian Bob
Cut to the jaw and blunt across the bottom, with full body and a slight inward swing at the ends. Anita Ekberg in La Dolce Vita is the founding image. Sophisticated rather than sharp.
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The Italian bob is the soft, full, jaw-length blunt bob — chin-length to slightly below, blunt across the bottom, with full body and a slight inward swing at the ends. Anita Ekberg in La Dolce Vita (1960) is the founding image; modern Italian actresses (Monica Bellucci, Penélope Cruz in her Italian-coded roles) keep the shape alive. It's a bob that reads sophisticated rather than sharp.
It flatters oval and heart faces — the soft rounded shape exposes the jawline without the angular severity of a classic bob. Straight and wavy hair wear it cleanest; the slight inward swing at the ends needs at least light wave to fall right. Very curly hair adapts but reads more 'curly bob' than 'Italian bob.'
Medium daily maintenance — round-brush blow-dry under and inward, ten minutes, to set the inward swing. Trim every six weeks. The cut traces to Italian cinema's golden age and has stayed in rotation through periodic revivals. The 2024 'Italian summer' trend on TikTok brought the cut back into youth culture. Ask for 'jaw-length with full body and slight inward swing — soft and rounded, never sharp' — generic 'bob' produces sharper geometry than the Italian bob wants.
- Best on
- oval, heart faces
- Texture
- straight, wavy hair
- Length
- short (above shoulder)
- Upkeep
- medium · trim every 6 weeks
- Wear
- everyday, work
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