'Everyone can suit short hair,' hairdresser Clyde Elezi, who owns New York's The Drawing Room salon, assured me. 'Don't let anyone tell you differently.'
For many women, the thought of cutting inches off their hair is an alluring but scary one, punctuated - this summer especially - by an endless selection of coveted crops sported by supermodels, celebrities, pop stars, and even royalty.
The below the chin, choppy bob is undoubtedly the haircut of 2014 (just this week, Emma Stone and Jordan Dunn took the plunge) -- but can it also work for mere mortals outside the realm of flash photography and professional hair styling? I turned to Mr Elezi to find out.