I Just Got Back From Paris – This Is How French Girls Are Wearing Their Hair For Spring
It would be dishonest to imply that achieving this look requires zero effort, though. Messy, “carefree” hair tends to require some thought. A little backcombing isn’t enough to create the gravity-defying volume of Chanel’s spring/summer 2026 fuzz. Nor is waking up rumpled and walking straight out of the door. In fact, “dishevelled” hair looks best with assistance from liberal amounts of mousse, air dry sprays or texture mists.
The quickest route to French-girl hair is to sleep with it in plaits – or two-strand twists. This will create the effortless, irregular pattern that, once combed through with the fingers, separates into something messy, undone and sensual. In the morning, a dense, bristled brush will create a natural puff, too.
If a slept-on style isn’t for you, take a medium-barrelled curling iron and use it all over the head, making sure to alternate which way you spin the barrel each time. Curling the hair in opposite directions creates a natural messiness, whereas curling in one direction creates uniformity, like an Old Hollywood wave.