The Reason for the Split The ultimate 'I'm done' move is Bob.

My heart was broken by him. So I cut my hair. Even though the numbers don't stack up, it feels like a fair exchange to women. According to the well-known quote by Coco Chanel, "A woman who cuts her hair is about to change her life." A fresh appearance turns into your armor; you feel prepared to confront, if not combat, the outside world and put an end to those existentially troubling ideas.After a few uncomfortable months in Paris, away from her family, her first (and only) love, Conrad, and her brother Jeremiah, with whom she almost got married, Belly did the same. In case you missed it (and have been living in a no-Internet zone these past several weeks), that was a reference to The Summer I Turned Pretty.By the way, in the first episode of Season 3, Belly’s then-fiance told her, ‘Hey, don’t ever cut your hair, okay?’ Yet here she was, sporting a French bob - ready to leave behind the wedding mess and finally embrace the new city, and her new self. Adding to the confident new look was a bold red lipstick - another first she chose to debut. “I think women often cut their hair after a breakup or when they want to let go of old baggage and signal to people that they’re ready for change,” Jenny Han, the show’s executive producer and author of the novels that the series is based on, told Vogue."The idea is that you can feel different if you look different," she continued.

A hair makeover—more specifically, a haircut—has long been used as a coping strategy. But Belly is going straight for a bob instead of the traditional breakup bangs? That's a powerful move, and it serves as a reminder to the next generation of the strength of a breakup bob.In 2018, following her split from Justin Bieber, Selena Gomez got a bob. After her breakup with Joe Jonas, Gigi Hadid also stunned the red carpet with a bob, but it turned out to be a phony one (the bob, not the breakup). Additionally, we see Claire in the web comedy Fleabag go for the perfect combination: a haircut with bangs. It shouts, "I'm ready, come what may!" when done correctly, but Claire's, well, went terribly wrong.