7 Ways to Grow Out Your Summer Bob This Fall

Every summer, it happens without fail: The temperatures reach a balmy 85 degrees, and suddenly chopping off your hair sounds like a great idea. It doesn’t matter if you spent the better half of the last year growing out those precious, long locks, or if you’ve only got a few inches below your collarbone—the great midsummer bob urge comes for all of us. After all, there’s something so gloriously easy about the closer crop.

Until it’s time to grow it out, that is. Inevitably, the air starts to get a little cooler, your sweaters come out of storage, and you’re left with an awkward not-bob-but-not-long hairstyle. For those transitioning out of the trendy cut, the grow-out phase can feel brutal. It’s a nebulous in-between time, where your usual comfort styles just don’t work the same, but going back to your bob means losing all that growth progress.

The good news is that the grow-out period doesn’t have to suck. In fact, it can even be sort of fun. A bold claim, we know, which is why we went straight to the best in the business to get the best tips on how to grow out your summer bob this fall. Ahead, we tapped hair extension expert Victoria Lynch, Oli G global artistic director Katie Brenner, California-based stylist Chad Cook, LRN Beauty founder Lauren Paglionico, and New York-based celebrity hair stylist Eddie Parra to share their top 7 tips for growing out a bob.