Two of our favourite hairstyles have merged to create a hot new hair trend: the banged bob.

As the name suggests, this particular bob is always cut with a fringe or curtain bangs reminiscent of Uma Thurman’s character in Pulp Fiction. It can be short, sharp and choppy or grown out and paired with curtain bangs.

The banged bob is a twist on the blunt bob or the French bob, as Jordanna Cobella, hairstylist and founder of Cobella Salon, explains. “There are different variations: the blunt bob with bangs; a layered or choppy bob with a choppy fringe; or a shag bob with a ‘barely there’ Suki Waterhouse-style fringe,” she says.

The banged bob combines two popular hair trends, here's how to style it