Penelope Cruz’s ‘Weekend Bob’ is the Short and Sweet Answer to Summer Hair Fatigue

Penelope Cruz is no stranger to a bob. After making long hair her signature for much of her career, more recently the actor has been favoring shorter collarbone cuts and bobs. She’s also been keeping things interesting with a revolving edit of beautiful chops and styles. At Cannes last month, Cruz unveiled a new, lighter sunkissed bronde lob, created by celebrity colourist, Matt Rez. Then, earlier in June, celebrity hair stylist, Dimitris Giannetos, took her cut shorter with a shoulder, skimming boyfriend bob, complete with a side-swept fringe.

Now, Giannetos is helping Cruz demonstrate just how much range the chop has, with some seriously pretty casual-cool styling. Dubbed the “Weekend Bob” by Giannetos, the look was created for a press day in Los Angeles. So, unlike the glossier styling we saw in Cannes, Giannetos leaned into laidback Cali-girl texture, creating a style that feels a little mussier, sexier, and carefree.

Explaining his inspiration in the caption below his post of the cut, Giannetos noted that he wanted to create “something fresh and effortless” keeping the “luxury” of Cruz’s chin/shoulder-length cut while giving it an “undone flair with a lot of texture.”

It’s “the energy you have on a weekend,” he summarized, adding, “something to make [you] feel free.”

As for achieving the texture, Giannetos shared the details for this, too. “I dried the hair [with] a round brush and then I created some bends [with] a 1 1/4” curling iron in different directions,” he said. And, if you want to get the boxy bob shape, but your hair is heavily layered, Giannetos has a solution for this, too. “I recommend [the] Great Lengths tape-in extensions for extra body,” he advises. And, to keep everything in place, Giannetos misted the style with “a lot” of L’Oreal Paris Elnett hair spray for the perfect hold.

So, for some major off-duty hair energy, we’ll be channelling Penelope Cruz going forward.