Ballerina bun

Ballerina buns are one of Spring's biggest hair trends.

Now, these aren't the super slicked, ear-pulling buns you paired with white tights and pliés in your childhood ballet class. The buns we saw on the spring runways were very "I don't care," worn, we imagine, by a slacker ballerina who's late to practice because her motorcycle broke down.

They're perfectly imperfect, full of "wispy imperfections" as lead hairstylist Anthony Barrow told us backstage at Charlotte Ronson. See T.R. Annie's rendition fo the ballerina bun to the left. She wore the hair style last night to the premiere of 'The Box' in New York City, with the typical face-framing wisps of hair. Which works, because the great thing about subversive ballerina buns is that there are no rules.

So what do you think of the ballerina bun.....? 

Invest in some bobby pins and practice your rusty bun winding techniques. You're a ballerina, and you're bad to the bone. Read More »