Pixie cut

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The hairdo for women who think a Bob Haircut is too long, the Pixie cut is a crop cut, generally short on the back and sides of the head, slightly longer on the top, with very short bangs. It's named after the mythological pixie.

The most famous pixie in the 20th century, Disney's version of Tinker Bell, adds a bun to her pixie cut hairdo.

While considered to be a feminine hairdo in Real Life, a pixie cut is often an indicator that a fictional character is a tomboy; it's a low-maintenance haircut that doesn't get in the way of being "one of the boys".

Examples of Pixie cut include:

Film

• Ann (Audrey Hepburn) in Roman Holiday
• Rosemary {Mia Farrow} in Rosemary's Baby
• Jinx (Halle Berry) in Die Another Day

Live-Action TV

• Servalan (Jacqueline Pearce) in Blake's 7 brought the pixie cut back into vogue in the 1970s.
• Goldie Hawn wore a pixie cut with a permanent wave when she was a regular on Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In.

Web Comics

• Haley wore a pixie cut for a short time in The Order of the Stick, after getting a Traumatic Haircut.