Girls in the Beauty Department

5 Fantastic Short Haircuts That Aren't Bobs

We love a good bob haircut, but the style has been hogging the spotlight in the short hair department for a while. We think it's time to give some love to a few new ideas, don't you? Here are five cropped cuts we're obsessed with at the moment that don't even come close to the neighborhood of the chin-grazing bob. What they all have in common: interesting shapes and snipped-in pieces that create movement and prettiness from every single angle. Actress Louise Bourgoin's side-swept cut, spotted at a photo call for her movie Je Suis un Soldat in Cannes yesterday: The short almost-tomboy-but-all-woman wig singer Zendaya wore to the Grammys: Rita Ora's all-snipped-up hairstyle by U.K.-based hairstylist Chris Appleton: Actress Audrey Tatou's iconic French-woman spiky pixie: And, always and forever, the hall-of-fame winner, Halle Berry's short spiky cut. She hasn't had it for months now, but it lives on in our hearts: Watch: Statement Haircuts for Summer

We love a good bob haircut, but the style has been hogging the spotlight in the short hair department for a while. We think it's time to give some love to a few new ideas, don't you? Here are five cropped cuts we're obsessed with at the moment that don't even come close to the neighborhood of the chin-grazing bob. What they all have in common: interesting shapes and snipped-in pieces that create movement and prettiness from every single angle.

Actress Louise Bourgoin's side-swept cut, spotted at a photo call for her movie Je Suis un Soldat in Cannes yesterday:

The short almost-tomboy-but-all-woman wig singer Zendaya wore to the Grammys:

Rita Ora's all-snipped-up hairstyle by U.K.-based hairstylist Chris Appleton:

Actress Audrey Tatou's iconic French-woman spiky pixie:

And, always and forever, the hall-of-fame winner, Halle Berry's short spiky cut. She hasn't had it for months now, but it lives on in our hearts:

Watch: Statement Haircuts for Summer