Thanks to Gen Z, the highlighting trend of calico is back in style

If you thought that 2000s styles had reached the peak of fashion, think again. The younger generation is currently reviving most of the 2000s styles and beauty ideas. The latest of these trends is the “triple hair”, one of the worst hairstyles associated with people born in the 1980s and 1990s, is back in style for the summer.

What do Jennifer Aniston, Christina Aguilera, Kelly Clarkson, and Nicole Richie have in common? They’re all celebrities, but more than that, they all succumbed to the calico craze in the 2000s. Calico is a hair color trend the world could do without, but it’s been a staple choice for a long time.

Then the hairstyle was forgotten in favor of more modern techniques and more subtle shades, but thanks to Gen Z’s obsession with the 2000s, this unusual, if not questionable, trend for hair highlights is back again.

What is the calico hair style that has made a comeback as a trend from the 2000s?

For those who don’t know, calico is a combination of brown, blonde and red stripes with highlights. It is a style in which calico hair has spots of the same shade in prominent areas. In fact, this coloring requires thick highlights on wide strands of hair, rather than delicate highlights on thin strands. The result can only be described as original.

Since the early 2020s, the calico hairstyle has been in fashion several times, but never caught on in its original form. Some celebrities, such as Bella Hadid and Dua Lipa, have adopted the calico hairstyle, but they were content with the combination of two colors that created a contrast between the hair around the face (two bangs) and the rest of the hair. Four years later, the cult hairstyle of the 2000s seems to be making a bigger comeback, as evidenced by Miley Cyrus at the recent Grammy Awards (albeit in a more subdued version).

And this is just the beginning of what may become the go-to hair color of summer 2024. One only has to look at TikTok to quickly see that calico has already gained a huge following with over 20 million posts. It doesn’t matter what hairstyle you have: short, long, straight or curly, because young people are giving free rein to their imagination and desires when it comes to mainstream colors and effects.

According to Pinterest’s Summer 2024 Trends Report, this trend is likely to grow at a rapid clip, with searches for “calico” predicted to increase by 6,500% and searches for thick 2000s highlights by 5,400% between April 2023 and April 2024. The social network also reported a 2,840% increase in search interest in getting dark highlights on dark hair. It looks like the season for indulgence is finally upon us.

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This article was published by AFP Relaxnews.

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This article was first published on Prestige Malaysia.

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