Few women have hair that's as famous or iconic as Jennifer Aniston. The Friends star put her “The Rachel” layered midi cut on the map and made it one of the most copied hairstyles of the ‘90s. And it’s inspired a whole new generation more recently with #therachel picking up over 18 million views on TikTok as millennials and Gen Z have taken the chop for another spin.
It seems Jen herself is the only one who's moved on. Since The Rachel, she's given us poker-straight liquid hair, and, more recently, she's made lightly layered, chest-length strands her signature. But the actress took the opportunity to shake things up at the Golden Globes 2024 red carpet, where she debuted the shortest chop we've seen on her in years.
Cropping her hair to just below her collarbone, the length is the closest she's been to her most famous cut in a long time. But for her own rendition of The Rachel 3.0, Aniston introduced one crucial difference: It's way less choppy. Aside from some shorter face-framing pieces, it appears the rest of her lob is all one length.
Based on Aniston's previous comments about the cut, we have a little intel as to why this is. The actor previously told Allure, "I love Chris [McMillan, my hairstylist], but he's the bane of my existence at the same time because he started that damn Rachel, which was not my best look." The problem, she said, was that she had no idea how to style it. "It only lasted for about six months because it just was hard to do. I loved it, but I couldn’t style it on my own."
So, if you're tempted by The Rachel but don't want the commitment of styling all those layers, Jennifer Aniston has hit us with this simplified update.
This story originally appeared on glamourmagazine.co.uk.
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