Daisy Edgar-Jones' ‘Elinor Haircut’ Is the Modern Way to Live Out Your Jane Austen Dreams This Fall

Some of the best beauty trends live where pop-culture and style collide. That's why the trending “Elinor haircut” has us so infatuated. The latest actor to bring method dressing into her press tour (just like Zendaya and Margot Robbie before her), Daisy Edgar-Jones is beautifully channeling a modern-day Jane Austen heroine to support her press tour for Sense and Sensibility.

In the latest adaptation of Austen's novel, which is set to hit theaters this month, Edgar-Jone stars as steadfast protagonist, Elinor Dashwood. The actor appears to have brought her main character's energy—romantic, slightly rumpled—to her hair.

Here's everything you need to know about the Elinor haircut.

What is the Elinor haircut?

Blending the regency hair of a Jane Austen heroine with a modern cut that Daisy Edgar-Jones has made her signature, the Elinor haircut takes Daisy's dainty lash-skimming curtain bangs and tumbling lengths and adds a little organic windswept texture and structure.

The styles of the regency era pulled heavily from the classics, referencing the soft, romantic texture of Greek goddesses. Likewise, they incorporated face-framing tendrils and gentle fringes worn curly or rumpled. Daisy's Elinor cut sits in between the sleek style she usually wears and the bucolic Austen-era references, with her bangs worn mussed and flicked and the lengths loosely curled and ever-so-slightly worn unkempt (like she'd run across a heath to get here).

Why choose the Elinor haircut?

The most beloved hair trends lately have been less about the specific cut and more about the execution and personality. (Take Mika Abdalla's now infamous Allie-Cat cut for example). When we look at the iconic chops that have gone the distance, they all feel a little lived-in, whether it's Jane Birkin's cool-girl Birkin bangs, or Stevie Nicks textured shag. The Elinor cut combines both and it has a timeless feel that stretches beyond the trends of now.

How to style the Elinor haircut?

As for how to style the Elinor cut, we suggest running a priming styling cream through the lengths to help it hold onto bends and waves. Then, to create a mix of different textures, braid the hair into two pigtails and leave them in overnight or for a few hours. You can go in with a tong to curl individual pieces at random through the hair, but tease them out so they look less “done.”

How to wear the Elinor haircut?

Here's some of our favorite ways to style the Elinor haircut this fall.

A version of this story was previously published in Glamour UK.