It had been looked down upon by the mainstream but then, in the 2010s, after being adopted by artists like singer and rapper Daoko, edgy dance unit Ayabambi and singer Yoko Hamasaki from Urbangarde, it gained more acceptance as a way for girls to identify themselves as a little bit 'subculture,' a little bit 'dark' and having unique personality quirks. To find out more, we reached out to зґ°е·ќж€ђзѕЋ Narumi Hosokawa ( a Japanese illustrator known for her gorgeous depictions of bishЕЌjo (pretty girls) whose illustration featuring six different types of hime cut hairstyles became a hot topic on Twitter a few years ago.ДЄccording to Hosokawa, at first, the hime cut was considered to be a geeky look only known within Gothic lolita circles but it gained recognition in 2004 with the release of the film дё‹е¦»з‰©иЄћ shimotsuma monogatari ('Kamikaze Girls' in Engish, available on Netflix), starring popular actresses Kyoko Fukada and Anna Tsuchiya. IвЂ™m sure you can agree that this look makes your babyвЂ™s hair look much thicker than it actually is 12. If youвЂ™re not a big fan of little hairclips, maybe a look like this would do instead, especially for babies with thin hair. In a coming-of-age ceremony at 16 years of age, girls in noble families would have their sidelocks cut (known as й¬ўе‰ЉгЃЋ binosogi), along with their forelocks, while they let their hair grow straight and long at the back.ДЄlthough popstar йє»дёг‚ЃгЃђгЃї Megumi Asaoka popularized the hime cut in the 1970s, it fell out of fashion in the 80s only to make a reappearance in the 2000s within Japanese subculture, branching off into different variations along the way. This baby girl hairstyle is going to need some spraying and styling to get.

Hime means princess in Japanese, since the hime cut was inspired by the way young women wore their hair in the Imperial court during the Heian period (794вЂ“1185 CE). Another factor contributing to its popularity outside of Japan is the fact that some characters from anime also have this hairstyle.

Whether it's the models at Prada's Fall/Winter show, Haim at the Grammys or K-pop stars like Lisa from BlackPink, Momo from Twice and Haruna from Billie, the hairstyle featuring straight, usually cheek-length sidelocks, a frontal fringe and long straight hair in its original form, is trending both online (TikTok particularly) and in real life. Since last year, a hairstyle known as the hime cut (е§«г‚«гѓѓгѓ€ hime katto in Japanese) has been trending internationally.

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