That doesn’t mean you miss out on the face-framing allure, though. If you opt to keep your beloved side part or want to switch things up, it simply means the bangs will fall heavier on the side of your face that’s opposite of the part, she explains. But there’s a reason the look works so well when your hair’s parted smack-dab in the middle: “You’ll frequently see curtain bangs styled with a middle part so that the bangs drape the face on both sides evenly,” says celebrity hairstylist Sally Hershberger. With the younger generation steering the world of TikTok trends, it makes sense that curtain bangs worn with anything but a middle part have been kept out of the limelight. The pros, however, are saying otherwise: It is possible (and chic!) to rock curtain bangs with a side part. There’s a common misconception that you need to have a Gen Z-championed middle part in order to wear the face-framing fringe.
In the realm of different bangs, there’s one style in particular that took over the world (or TikTok feeds, at the very least) this year: curtain bangs.
