India, April 3 -- The days of stiff updos and liquid-smooth "glass hair" might be fading. When Kim Kardashian arrived at the 2026 Oscar party with messy, "just-rolled-out-of-bed" hair, she started a new movement: the bedhead-renaissance. This messy-chic look is challenging the old rules of red-carpet perfection, but will it actually replace classic glamour?

Celebrity stylist Vishaka D Jain, who recently styled Saaniya Chandok (entrepreneur and the wife of Indian cricketer Arjun Tendulkar), thinks the look will be a hit for summer 2026. However, she doesn't think sleek hair is dead. "I for sure see this as a summer hairstyle for 2026. But still, I don't think bedhead-renaissance is the end of polished glamour because polished can never go...