While finger-raked beach waves are designed to exude insouciance and catch on the breeze, there’s something to be said for the summertime slick back.
Unlike the uniform free-spirited nature of lengths left loose, polished styles are easily individualized, and imbue warm weather beauty looks with a wash of effortless cool.
Just ask Jennifer Lopez, who readied for a romantic outing in France by combing her trademark honeyed brunette hair into a swingy ponytail characterized by a light-catching smoothness at the crown.
A champion of sleek styling, Bella Hadid opted for next level shine with a gelled and parted knot that was one step from wet-look.
And outside of Versace’s men show, Candice Swanepoel embraced a borrowed-from-the-boys spin on her sunny brand of blonde, hair scraped back at the crown and left to hang down her back for a new kind of half-up style that gives new meaning to summer-in-the-city ease.