Gabrielle Union Jumped on the Pixie- Cut Trend, With a Twist
This isn’t the first time Union has played with short hair. As recently as May 2025, she sported a chin-length blunt bob before returning to longer styles.
The pixie, however, is an entirely different animal from the bob. And he’s been enjoying a little time in the sun lately.
Gabrielle Union is seen on the Upper East Side on May 3, 2025 in New York.The Stewart of NY
Keke Palmer debuted a brand new pixie cut for her birthday in August 2025, and even Kim Kardashian experimented with a pixie cut for Paris fashion week in October 2025. That same month, Zoë Kravitz showed off a mini bob at the 2025 Academy Museum Gala, which was short enough to almost qualify as a pixie.
Perhaps we have Emma Stone to thank for the current pixie trend. She popularized a soft, slightly grown-up version of the pixie, sometimes known as the Tinker Bell cut. Union’s pixie, with its long, choppy layers, is more akin to the Christy cut, named after ’90s model Christy Turlington, which is an even longer version of the pixie cut that’s also trending this year.
Overall, we can say with pretty certainty that the leprechaun is here to stay. At least for a while.
