Zendaya Trades Her Curls for a ‘Power Pixie’

Zendaya spent the summer switching between different hairstyles, appearing in long, voluminous curls, shorter styles, braids and other looks throughout her series of press tours (from Spider-Man: Brand New Day to The Odyssey), but her latest look takes things much shorter. The actress has now traded her longer hair for a pixie cut.

The new hairstyle was unveiled during New York Fashion Week at the Prada Paradoxe pop-up event in New York City. The pixie cut was cropped at the back, while the curls were fuller and longer around the crown. The shape gives her hair a little more volume on top.

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The actress has experimented with several short styles over the past year. Around the end of 2025, she cut her hair into a curly bob-and-pixie hybrid before moving into a longer pixie. Since then, she has continued switching things up, making her latest cut feel like another step in her short-hair era.

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For her Prada appearance, Zendaya wore a deep green sweater layered over a pink button-down and an embellished brown slip skirt. Her makeup artist, Ernesto Casillas, shared photos of the new look on Saturday, September 12, showing off the pixie alongside lavender eyeshadow, rosy cheeks, spiky lashes and a neutral lip. Hairstylist Coree Moreno also shared photos of the pixie, calling it a fall pixie moment.

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Later that night, Zendaya joined with her Euphoria co-stars Hunter Schafer and Alexa Demie for dinner. She changed into a red sweater with straight-leg white jeans and black loafers.