Kardashian has a long, dappled history with shorter hair. Back in 2015, she debuted a textured lob for Kanye West’s first Yeezy show, before embracing a sharper, angled shoulder-length cut in 2016. By 2018, she had gone shorter still, experimenting with razor-sharp blunt bobs that barely grazed her shoulders. In 2023, she revamped the look with a jaw-skimming cut. And earlier this year, she arrived at the Vanity Fair Oscars party with a tousled, collarbone-length clavi-cut, before trying out an icy-blonde chin-length bob over the summer. Kim Kardashian always seems to find her way back to the short and sleek.
And she’s in excellent company. The bob continues its reign as one of 2026’s defining haircuts, with everyone from Margot Robbie and Rosalía to Katie Holmes embracing variations on the chop. The clavi-cut, in particular—named for the clavicle it neatly brushes—has emerged as the trending sweet spot between a dramatic bob and longer lengths. It offers versatility as a cut that can still be tied up, with all the graphic impact of a shorter style. Even with her more cropped length, Kim’s super-straight version looks full and dynamic.
For someone who can switch between floor-sweeping extensions and elaborately constructed updos across one compact press tour, Kim’s return to the lob co-signs the sentiment that the chicest statement can, sometimes, be a perfectly cut few inches of hair. Just don’t expect this look to hang around too long.
