The Best Bobs Of All Time
So much can be said in such a short style. Bobs are cropped and chic, a symbol of power and rebellion—and the cousin of the pixie cut. But, while bobs were […] The post The Best Bobs Of All Time appeared first on Essence.
Black News 
By India Espy-Jones ·Updated April 9, 2026 < /> Getting your Trinity Audio player ready… So much can be said in such a short >pixie cut. But, while bobs were the best known short haircut >favorite cut this season.
Ahead, to inspire your springsrc="https://media.essence.com/vxcjywbwpa/uploads/2026/04/GettyImages-2162455104-scaled.jpg" alt="The Best Bobs Of All Time" width="400" height="600" />American singer Diana Ross attends her birthday party in New York, New York, March 25, 1975. (Photo by Oscar Abolafia/TPLP/Getty Images) Whitney Houston 
American singer and actress Whitney Houston attends The Grammy Awards on March 2, 1988 at Radio City Music Hall in New York City, New York. (Photo By Larry Busacca/Getty Images) Mary J. Blige 
Mary J. Blige (Photo by Ron Galella/Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images) Cicely Tyson 
UNSPECIFIED – CIRCA 1970:Photo of Cicely TysonPhoto by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images Donna Summer 
Donna Summer (Photo by Ron Galella/Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images) Prince 
Musician Prince attending 30th Annual Grammy Awards at Radio City Music Hall in New York City, New York, United States, 2nd March 1988.(Photo by Vinnie Zuffante/Getty Images) Naomi Campbell 
Naomi Campbell (Photo by Ron Galella, Ltd./Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images) Lena Horne 
LOS ANGELES – 1943:Lena Horne poses for a promotional shot for the film “I Dood It’ directed by Vincente Minnelli in 1943 inLos Angeles, California.(Photo by Michael Ochs Archive/Getty Images) Eve 
Eve during V-Day Harlem 2002: V-Day’s 2002 Benefit Show In NYC Presented By Essence at The Apollo Theatre in New York City, New York, United States. (Photo by Jim Spellman/WireImage) Rihanna 
NEW YORK – OCTOBER 09:Rihanna arrives at the 2007 Cipriani Wall Street Concert Series at Cipriani Wall Street on October 09, 2007 in New York City.(Photo by James Devaney/WireImage) Lil’ Kim 
Lisa “Left Eye” Lopes and Lil Kim (Photo by Ron Galella, Ltd./Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images) Kelly Rowland 
Kelly Rowland. (Photo by Stephane Cardinale/Corbis via Getty Images)
The post The Best Bobs Of All Time appeared first on Essence.
