Anne Hathaway has unveiled her shortest hairstyle in roughly 13 years on the cover of Vogue China’s September 2026 issue.
The 43-year-old Oscar winner appears with a dramatic pixie cut styled by her longtime collaborator Orlando Pita, photographed by Norman Jean Roy for the magazine’s fashion spread. Hathaway models a white Louis Vuitton blazer with black trim on the cover, paired with a statement Bulgari choker from the Eclettica high jewelry collection featuring a 49-carat cushion-cut tanzanite stone surrounded by diamonds, lapis lazuli and turquoise.
The jewelry piece carries notable fashion pedigree — Céline Dion, 57, wore the same Tubogas choker with a fur Saint Laurent jacket on Harper’s Bazaar’s September cover, which debuted earlier this week. The September issue timing places Hathaway among a cluster of major stars fronting fall fashion campaigns across multiple publications.
The pixie appears in multiple iterations throughout Roy’s photographs: wild and spiky in some frames, sleek and straight in others with what resembles a mini bowl cut. Industry observers widely suspect the look is achieved through a wig rather than an actual cut, given Hathaway’s recent public appearances with considerably longer hair.
The interview accompanying the shoot references Hathaway’s third pregnancy, which she announced in June, indicating the conversation took place relatively recently. The timing creates a striking contrast with her visible baby bump at the Disney Legends Awards ceremony on August 16 in Anaheim, California, where she wore her dark hair in soft waves past her shoulders.
The last time Hathaway wore her hair this short was 2012, when she buzzed off her long locks for her critically acclaimed role as Fantine in “Les Misérables.” By the time she accepted her Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress in January 2013, her hair had grown into a gamine pixie similar to her current Vogue China style.
Hathaway has spoken openly about her willingness to transform her appearance for roles and personal experimentation. She previously went honey blond for her 2019 film “Serenity,” a change she connected to a shift in her own demeanor.
“I felt funnier!” She told W magazine at the time. “I don’t know why, but I just felt that I could be funnier while saying less. I know that doesn’t make any sense, but it was just — it’s nice. And it also made me want to do it more in life, like, just mess around with [my hair] and not get too fixed on anything.”
The hair transformation arrives during an exceptionally busy period for the actress. She recently completed a press tour for “The Devil Wears Prada 2,” appearing alongside Meryl Streep at promotional events including a March 30 conference and Q&A at Casa Azul in Mexico City. She also attended the 98th Annual Academy Awards on March 15 and the 2026 Met Gala on May 4, where she wore a hand-painted Michael Kors gown featuring artwork by Peter McGough.
Hathaway’s approach to beauty has long emphasized fluidity over fixed identity. Her 2012 “Les Misérables” cut proved particularly emotionally challenging — she told Kelly Ripa at the time that while she had performed stunts like “backflips out of windows” and “jumped off of buildings,” the hair cut “reduced me to, like, mental patient-level crying.”
The Vogue China cover continues what observers have dubbed the “Anne-issance,” a career resurgence that has seen Hathaway return to major franchises, take on producing roles, and maintain a visible presence in fashion and advocacy circles. As a UN Women Goodwill Ambassador, she spoke at the organization’s International Women’s Day commemoration at United Nations headquarters in New York on March 9.
Hathaway is expected to continue promotional activities for upcoming projects through the fall, with industry attention focused on her return to the role of Andy Sachs in the “Devil Wears Prada” sequel.