It’s been over a decade since Girls first made its mark on television, giving us a generation of questionable life choices, insufferable twenty-somethings and, perhaps most importantly, some truly unhinged hair. The show may have ended in 2017, but its characters have continued to live rent-free in our collective consciousness. And while we may never get a definitive answer to whether Hannah Horvath was, in fact, the voice of a generation, we do have some clues as to where our favourite New Yorkers might have landed.
In 2025, Lena Dunham offered a glimpse into the hypothetical futures of the Girls gang, and the results are about as chaotic as you’d expect. From Hannah’s hypothetical domestic bliss to Jessa’s life on a boat in Croatia (unvaccinated, naturally), the characters have seemingly continued their trajectory of questionable decisions and personal reinvention.
But what does all this mean for their hair? If the original series taught us anything, it’s that a hairstyle is never just a hairstyle. It’s a personality disorder, a cry for help, a desperate attempt at reinvention or, occasionally, a really bad fringe. We’ve taken Dunham’s predictions and imagined what the next chapter of Girls might look like, one head of hair at a time.
MARNIE MICHAELS
The blonde balayage
Allison Williams has suggested Marnie might be somewhere on the West Coast, potentially married and divorced again, still pursuing music without quite finding the fulfilment she so desperately wants.
Enter the blonde balayage. Her laborious attempt at looking effortlessly sun kissed. An ombre that suggests a woman who has recently discovered Pilates, natural wine and her love for Rhode cosmetics. Think perfectly blended highlights, undone waves and a carefully curated version of effortlessness. She woke up like this.
SHOSHANNA SHAPIRO
The power bob / fuck-ass bob
According to Dunham, the NYU graduate went on to marry (and divorce) the mayor of New York City before launching a zero-waste athleisure startup.
Naturally, this calls for a power bob. Sharp, expensive and aggressively polished, the kind of cut that could close a funding round before lunch. We’re talking a sleek, architectural shape with a razor-sharp perimeter and absolutely no room for flyaways or boundary violations. Fuck around and find out.
HANNAH HORVATH
The long haired undercut
According to Dunham, Hannah is probably teaching at Bard College, raising her son and enjoying a slightly quieter existence. She’s perhaps less consumed by the pursuit of fame, possibly dating a chef and finally discovering that the world doesn’t revolve around her.
We’re imagining a long-haired undercut: self-diagnosed with ADHD, it's a practical choice to put her hair up after a long day and not feel overstimulated by baby hairs tickling her neck. It may also make her feel a little alternative, a little practical and defiantly millennial. She wrote a Substack about it and argues with Gen Z trolls on TikTok. Still a voice of a generation.
JESSA JOHANSSON
Bohemian / unruly grey
According to Dunham, Jessa is probably unvaccinated and living on a boat in Croatia. Are we surprised?
We’re picturing unruly grey, textured lengths, grown-out roots to convey her disregard for convention and making a case for ageing gracefully. A little bohemian, a little shipwrecked, a look that can only be achieved through salt water, questionable life choices and absolutely no heat protection. Secretly, she went to an expensive salon consultation on grey blending but simply couldn't admit to her vanity.
ELIJAH KRANTZ
Lego man hair
Some things simply don’t need reinventing. After landing a Broadway role in the final season, Elijah is predicted to be doing well for himself after landing a Broadway role in the final season- earning decent money and continuing to look for love in all the wrong places.
His hair? Exactly the same, Lego man perfection. A sculpted, slightly architectural shape with enough product to withstand a full Broadway dance number. Why fix what isn’t broken?
RAY PLoshansky
The bald combover
Rumour (Dunham) has it that Ray, the straight-shooting New Yorker who somehow managed to date both Shoshanna and Marnie, appears to have come out on top. He’s now to be a City Council member with a successful café and, according to Dunham, is doing better than anyone.
We’re predicting a bald combover. Not necessarily by choice, but by genetics and the natural progression of a man who has spent years dealing with everyone else’s shit. Practical, slightly defeated and entirely unbothered by current hair trends. A look that says he’s got bigger things to worry about, like local government and café margins but he does get sponsored ads for hair transplants while he scrolls at night.
