2008 Hairstyles Trends May Follow Fashion Runway Haircut Designs
There was no global committee of hairstylists which convened in 2007 to decide what the 2008 hairstyles trends will be. But haircuts seen on the fashion runways of London, New York, Milan, and Paris have been known to become the hair styles trends months later.
Therefore, what follows are runway pictures showing various potential 2008 hair styles. If you notice a pattern, they could become the haircut trend--that is, if they catch on.
Fashion models--or more accurately the fashion designers who choose how the catwalk models will wear their hair at their live fashion shows--aren't necessarily more influential in determining hairstyles trends than female celebrities.
If 2008 is similar to 2007, then it will be celebrity hairstyles from A-list stars which lead the way.
The fashionable hairstyles for 2008 could be a continuation of the most popular 2007 hairstyle trend, or something completely different.
Trends, including hair styles trends, can last for a short or long time. Since the 2007 trend of bob hairstyles was a radically different new trend that wasn't seen much in 2006, or in the years before that, we can expect more bob hair cuts in 2008.
It is not uncommon for one trend to last longer than a year, but the women who were on the vanguard of hair fashion, that is, the "early adopters," will likely get bored first and look for variations on the bob styles seen in 2007.
The other thing to keep in mind about what to expect for 2008 hairstyles is not only do the trendy styles vary from country to country, they also vary from city to city.
A few years ago, a popular women's magazine surveyed hair salons in different major cities across America and found they had different hairstyles trends. What women wanted most in New York was different from what was most requested in Los Angeles.
So if the reason why you want a 2008 hairstyle is to stay current or fashionablein your city, don't automatically follow what one website, magazine, or news report says is "the" 2008 haircut trend for women.
Of course, some hair cut trends are in fact national. So you want to look out for what is a national hairstyles trend in 2008 or a local trend.
It's only mid-September at the time of writing, but already women want to know what the hairstyles for 2008 will be. Everything right now of course is only an opinion. Everyone is guessing.
Hair stylists' predictions for 2008 are being quoted in the hair magazines currently on sale, but it's all speculation. They may be right, but we won't know until 2008 rolls around, and women make their own choices with or without direction from their hairdressers.
Until then, here are some runway photos showing what could be coming down the pike. Note that clothes and hairstyles at fashion shows are notoriously "off-the-wall"--especially by the most creative fashion designers like Alexander McQueen and John Galliano. They show "haute couture" hairdos which nobody has seen before and nobody will see again.
Some clothes on the catwalk just aren't "wearable" and the same is true of the hair styles.
Despite these extremes, as already noted, fashion shows have been known to guide hairstyle trends, and next to celebrity styles, they may be the best place to start in ancipation of, and search for, the top hair trend of 2008.
Even though fashion show hair doesn't always dictate the styles women will wear the next year, sometimes it can set the next hair length trend. (This happened a few years ago when long hair became in vogue again.)
The same is true with hair color. Fashion models can show us what will be the new most popular hairstyles, hair length, or haircolor.