- Women's cut
- Short
- Soft
- Clean & classic
French bob with bangs
A short, soft and classic women's cut with 7–9 in (18–23 cm) on top and a fringe, finished with a blocked neckline.
Also asked for as: french bob, bob with bangs, parisian bob, french bob with bangs
- Top
- 7–9 in (18–23 cm)
- Best on
- 1B–2B
- Recut
- 5–6 wks
- Styling
- 5–10 min
Traditionally suggested for
Long faces, a high forehead, heart-shaped faces.
Stylist convention
Who it fits
Hair comes first: these decide whether the shape can hold.
- Best on 1B–2B hair (straight and wavy).Hair physics
- Low to medium density.Hair physics
- Holds up through a Norwood 3 hairline.Barber consensus
- Scores higher if you have a high forehead.Stylist convention
Who should skip it
Any one of these moves it down your list, or off it.
- 1A, 2C–4C hair (straight, wavy, curly and coily): the shape depends on a texture it can't hold, so we rule it out.Hair physics
- A hairline past Norwood 3: at stage 4 it's shown with a caveat; beyond that we hide it.Barber consensus
- Scores lower if you have a low forehead.Stylist convention
- Scores lower if you have a front cowlick.Barber consensus
- Scores lower if you have glasses.Stylist convention
Barbers also flag: Round or short faces, a low forehead, a front cowlick, 3A+ hair, a jaw-heavy face, heavy frames.
What to tell your barber
The catalog spec, in barber terms. Your own card adjusts it: part side from your crown whorl, curl notes for your texture, and a QR code your barber can open.
Read this to your barber
“Lip-to-chin length, soft blunt; texture inside; brow-grazing bangs; for air drying.”
- Sides
- Lip-to-chin length, soft blunt
- Top
- 7–9 in (18–23 cm)
- Fringe
- Brow-grazing bangs (bang trims every 2–3 weeks)
- Neckline
- Blocked (squared-off line)
- Technique
- Soft blunt perimeter with internal texture; cut for air-drying
- Product
- Light texture spray
- Recut
- Every 5–6 weeks
Upkeep and yearly cost
Priced at $30 a cut. Your results use your own local price.
- Trim every
- 5–6 weeks
- Per year
- 9–10 cuts a year, about $270–$300 at $30 a cut
- Daily styling
- 5–10 min a day
- Product
- Light product
- Heat tools
- Not needed
Proportions, by face shape
Where the french bob with bangs places in our engine’s geometry-only top 10 for a textbook face of each shape: a top-3 pick for oblong and diamond. Proportions are the smallest part of a real score; your hair counts for more.
Related cuts
- Stacked / inverted bobShort · 1A–2B
- Long pixie / bixieShort · 1A–2C
- Blunt chin bobShort · 1A–2A
- Classic pixieShort · 1A–2B, 4A–4C
See the french bob with bangs on your own face before you sit down.
Free analysis first. Previews only change your hair, and if one doesn’t look like you, the redo is free.
Check it on my face