This story contains major spoilers for Season 4, Episode 3 of Succession.
There was so, so much to unpack on the most recent episode of Succession, from the death of paterfamilias Logan Roy (in a plane bathroom?!?) to the long-anticipated nuptials of Connor and Willa (you go, girl) to the unanticipated horror of watching the rest of the Roy siblings grieve (in the way that only they can). Somewhat like a Roy sibling myself, I’m unable to deal with the full scope of what the show handed us last night. Honestly, Shiv crying and telling her dad she loves him was not something I was emotionally prepared for—so I’m hyper-fixating on something minimal: specifically, the sloppy ponytail that Shiv wears to Connor’s wedding.
Low-maintenance occasion hair is definitely a thing, but the specifics of Shiv’s ponytail still mystify me. This is a prototypical poorly dressed rich woman we’re talking about, so maybe I shouldn’t be surprised that she showed up at her brother’s wedding looking like she just tied her hair back to wolf down a Dodger Dog (stealth wealth and what have you), but I still am.
“I think it’s telling that Shiv’s hair is even long enough to throw back in a messy, slapdash ponytail after years of having her immaculately kept power bob,” notes Vogue Senior Beauty Editor Lauren Valenti, adding: “She was definitely getting weekly trims like clockwork, especially before major family/high-profile events. The energy of it feels very ‘fuck off’ à la Logan when he’s had it.”
Shiv’s ponytail almost looks like it could be approximating a slicked-back, power-player style—from the front, at least—and this kind of Wall Street-but-make-it-femme cosplay would make sense for the occasion. After all, someone has to remind Willa that Shiv is still the most powerful woman in the Roy family (in her own mind, at least, even if Marcia and Caroline would beg to differ). From the back, though, the ponytail announces itself with the exact opposite of aplomb, hanging limply where one might expect a more carefully executed coif; the wisps emerging from the ponytail’s base look artless, not styled, giving the overall effect of someone who’s about to wash her face in a commercial for oil-free cleanser.
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