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A Nicole Kidman photo shoot renewed interest in a hairstyle that looks like an avant-garde cousin of the mullet.
Pop quiz: What lives in the ocean, sports a mushroom top, radiates a trail of angel-hair tentacles and lends its name to a trendy internet haircut?
Last week, a striking photo shoot featuring Nicole Kidman ignited discussion of the so-called jellyfish haircut on social media. Some debated whether Ms. Kidman’s look was a true jellyfish cut, while others learned of the style for the first time.
As far as animal-inspired haircuts go, the jellyfish certainly gets points for creativity even when compared with its cousins wolf hair and the octopus cut. But was Ms. Kidman’s hairstyle a true jellyfish cut?
Not exactly. As with many things on the internet, the definition of the jellyfish cut seems to be in flux. Evanie Frausto, who did Ms. Kidman’s hairstyle for the new issue of Perfect magazine, said he didn’t set out to give the actress a jellyfish cut but acknowledged that the final result shared many of its traits. “I honestly didn’t even know it was called ‘the jellyfish,’” he said in an interview.
In the images, the actress has a blunt red bob that frames her face, with longer tresses descending toward her torso. Mr. Frausto said he created multiple looks for Ms. Kidman, inspired by the hairstylist Vidal Sassoon’s precise style and 1960s fringe haircuts (Cher’s, specifically).
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