Lessons in Growing Out Your Hair from Freja Beha Erichsen

If the spring shows practically demanded a return to the reign of long hair—with air-dried waves tempering the prints and embellishments to a pleasing, low-maintenance effect—the trend was further cemented by the growing lengths of the once short hair muses walking the runways. But if you looked closely, the style of the moment started quietly taking shape much earlier. Former champions of the above-the-shoulder shear including Karlie Kloss, Daria Werbowy, and Freja Beha Erichsen have been coaxing their crops into flowing, extended lengths season by season.

Since Erichsen’s newsworthy ear-length cut in 2008, her chestnut shag inched down to a textured bob in 2009 and was collar-grazing by the year’s end. At the moment, she boasts a tangle of relaxed curls so lengthy not even a furry oversize Louis Vuitton coat could camouflage its grandeur. If you, too, find yourself pining for long hair, the secret is in the maintenance. Cultivating an arsenal of damage-preventing and strengthening shampoos, serums, and masks will extend the window between emergency trims—thus extending the length of your hair. Here, five products to help you get growing.

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