{"id":22271,"date":"2021-05-07T12:00:09","date_gmt":"2021-05-07T12:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/?post_type=articles&#038;p=22271"},"modified":"2021-05-08T12:44:19","modified_gmt":"2021-05-08T12:44:19","slug":"rihanna-pixie-cut-history","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/rihanna-pixie-cut-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Rihanna&#8217;s Pixie Cut Has Reemerged Just In Time For Spring"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_22352\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-22352\" style=\"width: 1280px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-22352 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2021\/05\/Rihanna-1.jpg\" alt=\"Rihanna, Pixie Cut\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" data-gz_credit=\"Credit: Christopher Polk\/Getty Images\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-22352\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Singer Rihanna arrives at the 2012 MTV Video Music Awards at Staples Center on September 6, 2012, in Los Angeles, California<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">May 7, 2021:\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Alert: Rihanna&#8217;s pixie cut has made its triumphant return to the public. It&#8217;s not an understatement to say this is cause for celebration on par with winning a major award. For some background, it&#8217;s been nearly a decade since the last time we saw the singer with the cropped cut, and you know what? After the year we had, this feels like the\u00a0<\/span><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">ultimate\u00a0<\/span><\/em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">gift\u2014right in line with the weekend, no less! Cue the champagne.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Everyone&#8217;s favorite Bad Gal was spotted last night in Santa Monica at Giorgio Baldi, an Italian restaurant the hitmaker&#8217;s regularly photographed at. For the evening out, she rocked a vintage Dior jacket, Hyein Seo crop top, custom Chrome Hearts pants, Versace sunglasses, heels by The Attico, and of course, *the* short haircut. After a few weeks of fashion mullets and\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/articles\/rihanna-asap-rocky-date-night-fringe-dress\/\"class=\"editor-rtfLink\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">braided updos<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> from the <a href=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/fenty-beauty-eaze-drop-launch\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fenty Beauty<\/a> founder, the pixie is a welcome change-up in her style. Pixie Cut Rihanna\u2122 is this generation&#8217;s Halley&#8217;s Comet. Check it out below.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Pixie Cut Rihanna is back <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/sCrYDbnrNE\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/sCrYDbnrNE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; chu (@chuuzus) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/chuuzus\/status\/1390197938933178377?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\">May 6, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The last time Rihanna&#8217;s pixie cut made an appearance was in 2012 when she debuted the hairstyle at the VMAs. Her relationship with the pixie cut dates back to 2008 when she won a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/best-looks-2021-grammy-awards\/\"class=\"editor-rtfLink\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Grammy Award<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> for &#8220;Umbrella&#8221; while rocking a piece-y, stylized cut. Her 2012 haircut is similar to the 2021 edition in that they&#8217;re both cropped and short, with bangs resembling the 2008 version. We love a hair evolution inspired by the archives!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"content-gallery\"><div class=\"gallery-placeholder\"><div class=\"spinner\"><\/div><\/div><span class=\"gallery-pagination\"><\/span><div id=\"gallery-1\" class=\"gallery galleryid-22271 gallery-columns- gallery-size-\"><figure class=\"gallery-item\"><div class=\"gallery-icon landscape\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2021\/05\/Pixie-Cut-Rihanna.jpg\" class=\"lazy\" alt=\"Rihanna, Pixie cut\" \/><\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text gallery-caption\" id=\"gallery-1-22349\">Singer Rihanna arrives at the 50th annual Grammy awards held at the Staples Center on February 10, 2008 in Los Angeles, California<\/figcaption><span class=\"img-credit\">Credit: Photo by Frazer Harrison\/Getty Images<\/span><\/figure><figure class=\"gallery-item\"><div class=\"gallery-icon landscape\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2021\/05\/Rihanna-2012.jpg\" class=\"lazy\" alt=\"Rihanna, Pixie cut\" \/><\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text gallery-caption\" id=\"gallery-1-22350\">Rihanna arrives at the 2012 MTV Video Music Awards at Staples Center on September 6, 2012 in Los Angeles, California<\/figcaption><span class=\"img-credit\">Photo(Photo by Jeffrey Mayer\/WireImage<\/span><\/figure><\/div><\/div>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">In 2019, Rihanna told\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.interviewmagazine.com\/music\/meet-rihanna-the-shy-gal\"class=\"editor-rtfLink\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Interview Magazine<\/span><\/em><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> that her desire for short hair was rooted in, like all of us, childhood rebellion. &#8220;The only thing my mom didn\u2019t let me do was dye my hair black and cut it short,&#8221; she told the outlet. &#8220;I\u2019d wanted to do that since I was 14, and she was like, &#8216;No, not having it.'&#8221; In all honesty, we&#8217;re blessed that she waited until adulthood.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29169,"featured_media":22352,"template":"","format":"standard","categories":[30,16],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v18.5 (Yoast SEO v20.4) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Rihanna&#039;s Pixie Cut Has Reemerged Just In Time For Spring: Pics - Grazia<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Rihanna reverted back to her famous pixie cut in May of 2021. 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