Sabrina Carpenter was presumably a guest at Taylor Swift’s wedding over the weekend, but now she’s popped up in Paris to be a front-row guest at the Dior Haute Couture Fall/Winter 2026-2027 show. And while we have yet to see how she wore her hair to the Madison Square Garden love fest, we think it’s safe to say it must have been much different than the completely unexpected braided pigtails she sported to sit runway-side.
Whether she’s wearing bouncy, voluminous curls or a fluffy ’90s-inspired blowout, Carpenter is known for big, glamorous hair. Sure, she strays from her signature look every now and then (see: the Met Gala), but it’s never not surprising when she shows up in a look that simply wasn’t on our style radar.
Instead of cascading blonde waves, Carpenter wore low, braided pigtails starting at the nape of her neck. Her buttery blonde hair was parted down the center and given an air-dried, wavy texture that let her long curtain bangs and a few shorter pieces stay separate from the rest of the style and frame her face. The braids appear to be tied off with thin, white rope and have a romantic, lived-in, casual quality—though not too casual to seem irrefutably stylish at a Paris couture show.
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That can be at least partially attributed to her fairy-tale-esque ensemble. Carpenter wore a lacy, ivory, sleeveless Dior dress featuring a softly draped cowl neckline and floral embellishments at the shoulder and hip. It would actually make for a gorgeous bridal look, so perhaps the singer-songwriter was inspired by Swift’s Dior wedding dress.
Although this is a pretty dramatic departure from Carpenter’s typical beauty playbook, it (once again) proves she doesn’t need sky-high volume to make a stunning impression. If it’s a hairstyle, and it’s on her head, it’s gonna look gorgeous.
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