The Top 5 Hair Trends You’ll See Everywhere This Fall According to Gigi Hadid's Hairstylist Dimitris Giannetos

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0:07Welcome to Breaking Beauty, the podcast all about the breakthrough people, products, and moments in beauty. We're your hosts, Jill Dunn and Carleen Higgins.

0:20Welcome back to Breaking Beauty, the podcast about the breakthrough people, products, and moments in beauty. I'm Carleen Higgins. I'm here with my divine co-host, Jill Dunn. Hey, Carleen and hey, PobFam and happy fall, I guess. A lot of people think that after Labor Day, we're in fall. But in fact, the first day of fall is September 22nd. So well, in my heart and probably in my mind, it feels like fall. But anyway, we are happy to be back on the mic together. And we have a really fun episode. You know, Carleen, we're going to have to get a recap of your whole Italy adventure. I believe we're going to do that in mid-September coming up soon.

1:01So everybody will have to stay tuned for that. So today we are jumping into a fall topic. This is your guide to the five hair looks defining fall 2025 with the wonderful, very Hollywood-esque Dimitri Giannettos. You've definitely seen Dimitri's work on red carpets and on the covers of magazines. he's the hairstylist behind some of the most talked about celebrity transformations of the past decade for big names like Gigi Hadid, Megan Fox, Kourtney Kardashian, Amal Clooney. His work is all over the Met Gala. He is just living on a plane and doing some of the most creative looks out there and setting trends.

1:42Dimitri is originally from Greece. Now he calls LA home. I really enjoy his Instagram as a beauty editor because he likes to coin these clever terms that make for the perfect headline, like the Valentine Bob, the glow out instead of the blow out, silver tequila for a hair color. It's like he just gets it. These are the things that are going to go viral. And what's next in beauty? Yeah. So it's kind of apropos. I feel like in the fall, people are looking to make a change with their hair. So whether that's haircuts, hair colors, updo is Demetri, he really does it all. And in this episode, you know, he's going to be talking about recession proof hair hacks and hair secrets behind celebrity transformations.

2:25And you're going to want to take notes and be texting your stylist afterwards. Yes. And we had the great honor of joining Demetri in LA earlier this year to celebrate his win as hairstylist of the year at the Daily Front Row Fashion Los Angeles Awards. So well deserved. And we had so much fun. Yeah, it was celeb watching a go-go. My head was on a swivel. Hayley Bieber showed up. Chapel Roan, Tyra Banks. We were like poking each other. We're like, oh my God, look, look, look. Jen Atkin was there. And I really love that they do these awards each and every year and take the time to celebrate glam teams because they are not often recognized.

3:06And I think it's wonderful that they are because they're such a huge part of the image making that is in Hollywood and on red carpets. And what's cool about that event is it's only really the winners who are these glam teams. And then they are presented the award by typically one of their clients. That's why you have all these celebrities in one room. But what you don't have is like a ton of other people, outsiders. So it just felt like it was so intimate and special to be in that small room. So a big thank you to the Moroccan oil team for flying us all the way to LA for that stargazing experience.

3:47And Dimitri received his award from Dixie D 'Amelio, who looks like a mermaid. She was so stunning. Yeah. I'm excited to try the new Moroccan oil treatment mist that just launched at Sephora as well. By the way, earlier this year, Moroccan oil launched a fine fragrance of their hair products, which I thought was a fascinating move because so many of my girlfriends, one of the major reasons they love Moroccan oil is because of the scent. Of course. So they bottled it up and they're selling it as a fine fragrance. So just a little FYI, everyone. Well, they're probably seeing all of these fragrance brands in Sephora who are launching hair mists and they're like, excuse me.

4:25This is our lane. Yeah, exactly. Exactly. So that's a great one for Argan oil if you do have fine hair like me. And with that said, just ahead, you're going to hear all about the it haircut of the season, including Dimitri's dream Vogue cover concept and what he dubbed the next viral bob. We're also delivering your fall hair color forecast from whiskey blonde to silver tequila. And the new rules of volume, including his three-step root lift hack and why Veronica Lake waves are making a major comeback, according to Dimitri, along with flipped bobs, modern finger waves, and retro styles that Dimitri is making cool and fun and young on people like Gigi Hadid.

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8:37Hello, Dimitri, and welcome to Breaking Beauty Podcast. We're so thrilled that you're here. Thank you so much. I'm so, so happy. So honored to be here with you guys. Congratulations on your nomination and win for best hairstyle of the year at the Daily Front Row Fashion Los Angeles Awards. We were there last night. We were cheering in the back for you. So well-deserved. So tell us all about where your talent comes from and how you ended up on stage accepting an award from Dixie. From Dixie. From Dixie D 'Amelio. Like I'm in an O. I'm speechless of all hard work led to receiving an award and an honor award daily from Rome.

9:16If someone told me 13 years ago moving from Greece, I would have this moment. I'm like, someone pins me. But as I said yesterday, it wasn't that I wasn't expecting it. Like I always manifest. I always dream big. And moving in LA from Greece, I always saw it is coming. I always dream of it. I always saw myself thanking my mom and my dad and I have a speech. I didn't know it's going to be the daily front row, but like I couldn't be better. You said something about Oprah, didn't you? In your speech. What was that nugget that you were channeling? because I see, for example, my sister, she's kind of struggling to find her path, her way.

9:56And always I'm trying to advise her. So Oprah, on an interview, said they asked her, why do you think people don't succeed or they don't? What's the mistake? And she said that people don't know where they want to go. People, they don't have clear vision of where they want to go. And it's so true because only you can have the vision, only you can have the goal. So no matter what, what path you're going to take, if you have a clear vision, you're going to get there. If you don't have very strong personality, you can easily get lost. Someone is going to come to your life, is going to be, ah, why you don't try this?

10:36And then all of a sudden you want to be a hairstylist and someone is going to tell you, I love to do nails. It's in the same industry maybe. So I always had such a strong vision. Since I'm a little kid. So I've been doing hair now for 26 years. I'm 41. So I started in such a young age. Wow. Yes. I always dream big. So even there are going to come difficult times in life or what you want to achieve. If you stay strong and you're dedicated and work hard. Let's be honest. Like if you don't work hard, if you don't put all the work down. Yeah. Yeah. And how would you describe like your aesthetic or what you're known for in hair?

11:21And where does that inspiration come from for you? My aesthetic is I want to see people look beautiful, look themselves in the mirror, feel good, feel confident, no matter what it is. It can be like a bob, like very severe, like a Vidal Sassoon school, like geometrical. or it can be castle undone like the Kate Moss rock and roll cool texture so it's every person is different and here you have to highlight the personality of every person that's the most important I feel for me hair is art hair is like to talk with your client and figure out their personality and then the hair has to come and complete their personality make them feel confident make them feel pretty you cannot be in a box.

12:13You cannot just be like, oh, let's do this hair. It's not just hair. It's not, the hair has to completely, it's a continuity of someone's person's life. Yeah. So you're having it meet the moment too, right? Okay. So today we're going to talk about fall trends. What do you think the mood is for the upcoming season? Is there like a theme you think that, or a vibe that's kind of in the air for fall? A little more warm tones on color. Ooh, okay. Yeah, I would go and a little more volume. Yeah. Because we were in an era like everything had to be like very polished, very non-volume. Yeah. Clean girl aesthetic.

12:52Clean girl aesthetic. Stick it to your head. Stick it to your head, which was great. But literally, you have to have like the perfect features. Base card must be on 100. On 1 million. Let me tell you. Being a hairstylist for 26 years, ask me, everybody wants a little volume. Everybody wants a little lift on the bangs. 100%. And now, and here's the thing, like with all this, like stick to your head, all this very severe, strict, polished hair, like everybody has layers. Nobody has a hairstylist following them. Like make sure like one hair has not gone out of the way. It's good. It's going to look great on a picture.

13:32Yeah. But you want more convenient hair also. So, yeah, a little volume, a little more, a nice blowout. Like old school blowout. You cannot go wrong. And I have Moroccan oil with the Root Boost. You can have the amazing blowout. Because you need the volume. You need like also your hair to last. Yeah. Yeah. Now, let's pretend that you're doing the cover of September Vogue. You know, the big issue. I know, I know. My dreams. Right? So let's say that it's going to be a beauty shot and they've given you carte blanche to do whatever hairstyle for the September issue, something really directional that feels right.

14:13What would you do? Of course, I would go through the outfits to see like what's the mood board there, usually how we start. Yeah. We get the inspiration from the clothes. But yeah, I see for this whole winter a nice low-out volume Bob. Because with Bob, you can never go wrong. We want to follow the trend, but sometimes the trend can last one season. And then you see yourself, not even in 10 years, you see yourself in two years and you're like, what I was thinking. Like you see all, even to these days, like this ombre hair we had at an end. and you're like, oh my gosh, why I have black roots and blitz blonde?

14:56Not even the roots, like half your head. Yeah. So you won't always, the hair you're going to choose, obviously you're going to have a trend element, but be timeless. Yeah. Yeah, that's hard to pull off though, Dimitri. Like that's why it's like very evident to someone like you with your eye. Right. But yeah. Sorry to interrupt you. No. I think the volume, if you do a severe bob, it's hard to pull. Yeah. If it has a little movement, if you have a little volume, if you can flip your hair right and left. Because to be honest, it's so hard not to keep your hands in your hair. From all, all, all my clients.

15:35And I don't know, I admire her so much. Kim Kardashian, if you have to, if you're going to set the hair and it has to be there, she's not going to move it. Yeah. She moves her head instead. She goes like this. Yeah. She doesn't touch it. And I admire that so much. If I have a hair in my face, I'm going to go crazy. The other day, we did a look. It was like a bang in her eyelash, poking her eyelash. She's like, do you mind if we move that a bit? Or if it has to stay there, I'll handle it. Oh, wow. I'm like, oh my gosh, I would go crazy if I have it on my eyelash hair. That's discipline. Yeah. She's committed to the glam.

16:15Yeah. She's the best. Yeah, that's awesome. I adore her. That's so great. One of the things that I really like about your Instagram, I love how you with all of your looks, you have a little moniker that you give it like the Valentine Bob or the glow out. And it's so catchy. So I want to ask you for this like look you're envisioning for September, this blown out Bob. What what do you what are we calling it? What are we calling it? Oh, oh, oh, oh, that's hard. I know. Or like, yeah, because you've also like I've been again, I've been looking, but I've been creeping your Instagram and you did the Prada Bob.

16:51That was very sleek and minimalist. That was last year on Joey King. You did the French or the French Bob has been kind of trending. There's also the heartthrob Bob where it's like a bit shaved at the back. So, yeah, I'm wondering what's what's the haircut for all 2025? It's the Barbie Bob. The Barbie Bob. Yes, because everybody wants to look pretty, but the bob comes and gives a little more like elegance. Yeah. Yeah. It's a Barbie book because we talk about volume. So definitely a Barbie inspiration has the volume, but you keep it in a bob. So it's like a twist. Yeah. So the roots are voluminous, but the ends are more polished.

17:30What do you think? Not too straight. Okay. Like a round brass blowout, like a cool 90s blowout. Okay. And the color is very, very important. Color. The color. Yes. Talk to me. It's the combination. You have to find the right team. Because some people, the hair color is with a hair cutter or the hairstylist. They're going to compete. And let's say the color is going to give you the perfect highlights, the perfect balias. And then you're going to go to your hair cutter and they're going to chop it all. And they're like, where is his work? So you have to find, have the right team. it's a collaborative thing.

18:10So I like the bobs with nice contrast, but not to highlight. You need to have some face framing, a little lighter tones, but in the warm tones, a little more fall winter. Yeah. I've been loving the bobs on Khloe Kardashian, but also Gigi Hadid that you've been, like the flipped up bob. Yeah. And to your point about color, I think we're going to talk about this a little bit later, But because it's such like a retro looking Bob on Gigi Hadid. But then you've done like pink. You've done platinum. So it's silver tequila. Silver tequila. How good was this name? Oh, my gosh. My brainstorm. Like, literally, I'm going to go when it has to do with color because people love a nice name.

18:58Yes. Like, and I learned that from my mom. Like, I'm going to. I used to. expect to cut your hair. Like, can you give me a trim? I was like, mom, when? So, I remember from my mom since I grew up and I was, I had just started at the beauty school and she would be like, what is called this haircut? I was like, layered haircut and then I realized every person wants a name, wants to have a reference in their head. Like, ah, have the English toffee highlights. Yes. The iconic ones I did to Amal Clooney was so beautiful. Yes, that's why I came with the idea. And then I see all the beauty editors. Everybody loves to have a nice catchy name.

19:40Yes, we love it in a headline. It's so smart. You're a headline maker for sure. Thank you. So looking at the fall 2025 runway hair looks from Fashion Month, what are a couple of the looks that are inspiring you? What did you love about them? I love fashion. I love all the runaways. It's where the hair trends start. because if you see the designers, the people that design the clothes, they design also the hair. It's something I didn't know and I learned while I was doing in the fashion week, I was part of Guido Palot's team. Guido is the visionary. He is the person that taught me actual hair because coming from Greece, it's such a different aesthetic, it's such a different way you approach hair.

20:24And being next to Guido, it taught me the whole world. He's incredible. Incredible, incredible. So yeah, like something I learned there is when the designer is going to design clothes, they're going to design the hair, how they vision the hair for the next season. And it's incredible. Always depends on the collection. Yeah. And for this season, so many different ways you can go. Obviously, I like, we mentioned before about the Barbie bob, but also you can go on the other hand, like don't put too much effort. Make sure you have a nice haircut. And because everyday woman who has every morning time to go get a blowout to make sure your hair is perfect.

21:13No, like everybody wants something more convenient. So I feel the haircut is very important and the products. Yeah. It's interesting because we have come such a long way with like hair tools where, you know, with the Dyson Airwrap and everything where you can. And it is becoming a bit easier to achieve some of these looks that used to be like, you need rollers, you need hot rollers. It was a very intense process. And I read a Harper's Bazaar article titled, The Best Fall 2025 Hair Trends Our Editors Are Eyeing. And they said retro volume was one of them. And I noticed on your Instagram that you did like a three-step tutorial on how to get root volume.

21:55So maybe you could talk to us, like give us a little. Yeah, it's easy. My favorite is the Root Boost. We love Moroccan oil because you just in a towel dry hair, spray your hair with the Root Boost. It's like a more liquid form of mousse. Classic, the OG mousse is just like the new version. They update it. You put just on the roots. My secret is if the hair is very fine, I'm going to brush my fingers through the hair and I'm going to go a little lower. Just give this hold you on. Because back in the day, usually you would tease back on the hair and you don't want to have this weird texture. With the Root Boost, you have literally teasing without having the teasing.

22:41And then, yeah, you can just use a round brush. You can blow out your hair and you have this amazing, and you're going to flip the hair on the side. They're going to stick there without falling in your face. Yeah. And you were spraying quite close to the root, I noticed. Exactly. You can brush it through so the product goes everywhere. And then you're going to start doing a blowout. You can set the hair. If the hair is very fine, you can set it with clips and like old school rollers. But the product is so good, you don't even have to do that. Yes. What kind of brush? What's your favorite brush?

23:14Mason person. Yes. You cannot go wrong. For a blowout? A Mason person in general, for a blowout, I like the Moroccan oil has this metallic, which is easy, it's fast, and yeah, people are in their ass these days. Yeah, it heats up, right? So the metal. Exactly. The metal helps and smooths it up. Besides, it heats up and you have a faster blowout. Right. The metal literally protects the hair. And it holds the style. Exactly. So Lindsay Lohan is having a moment. You work with her and you did a cover of Vogue, I guess it's the Czech Republic. And it was kind of like Veronica Lake-esque. It was like, did you not name it the Upper East Blowout?

23:57The Upper East Blowout. Amazing. So what's the difference between this kind of waves versus like beachy waves or boho waves or that kind of thing? I'll start from there. It's so hard to do this hair. Like I was sweating. And for me, it's so easy to do hair, but this is literally, you have to have the skills. Not to brag, but you have to have the skills. No, brag, brag. Yeah, it's very editorially. It's not like if you're Kim and you don't touch your hair, you can maintain it. But yeah, it's more like an editorial look. It's more, if someone takes the risk and do it at an event, again, don't touch the hair.

24:40And it's a lot of preparation is the key. The way you're going to set the hair, definitely we're going to use the clips or the rollers there and the right products. Yeah. Yeah. What are you doing? Is it like finger waves or how did you actually make the waves? So I start, I give a round brush blowout with a very, very thin round brush. Okay. And then when I finish the round brush with blowing out the hair, I'm going to use an iron, one inch iron. And then I'm going to set every section, kind of pin curls, but with a curling iron. and when the hair are set, I'm going to let them cool down. I'm going to take my brush, the mason person, I'm going to brush all the way through and then it's how you sculpture the hair with your fingers, with your hands.

25:25You create the shape. Right. So you're kind of doing that at not the end, but it's like a finishing wave. It's the finishing. Yeah. Exactly. And you can set the hair when you brush it down with some clips until you get dressed, until you do, before you go on set. the pictures. Yeah. Yeah. It's very editorial and that's not something people can do at home, but there probably is some takeaway here where it's like inspired shape of it is about curling under now, as opposed to like when I was doing kind of boho waves, I, I always would remember this tip that I had, which was not to curl the bottom three inches of my hair, right?

26:02Because otherwise it would look too done kind of polished. So that's how I curled my hair for such a long is I left out the top three inches and the bottom three inches. Exactly, yeah. But now it just seems like with this trend and where we're going, it's really about curling under, right? Yeah. And so I wonder if you have some tips on like the size of the curling iron or is it a Velcro roller? No, I wouldn't suggest Velcro roller because always the hair gets so staticky. And if also I have another tip afterwards, but I would use just a silver clip to set the hair because the rollers can create some...