What's old is new again.
Jennifer Aniston attended the 2024 Golden Globe Awards on Jan. 7 sporting a short haircut that some people couldn't help but think hearkened back to the hairstyle she made famous while on "Friends."
Wearing a strapless black gown, Aniston's hair looked casual as it was parted on the side and fell to her neck. The hair was a sharp callback "The Rachel," the moniker given to the hairstyle named after her character that she sported when "Friends" first became popular.
Aniston was at the show for "The Morning Show," which was up for a pair of awards.
Some fans on X couldn't help but notice the similarity to her Rachel cut.
"Rachel Karen Green," one person wrote.
"same same. Same hairdo, same version of a dress, same colours, same styling, same makeup. Same same same same same. For years," someone else commented.
Vogue magazine wrote that she appeared on the "red carpet in a layered chop that paid homage to her beauty roots," noting that she had "updated 'The Rachel.'"
Her newer version seemingly has longer bangs and fewer layers as well as a few more inches of length in general.
Despite "The Rachel" becoming an iconic pop culture look, Aniston has said that she wasn't into it at the time.
“I was not a fan of ‘The Rachel,’” she toldGlamour magazine in 2015. “That was kind of cringe-y for me.”
She added that it was too hard for her to style on her own and that her own preferred style is more relaxed.
“Long, natural-looking beachy waves,” she told Glamour. “That feels most like me.”
Drew Weisholtz is a reporter for TODAY Digital, focusing on pop culture, nostalgia and trending stories. He has seen every episode of “Saved by the Bell” at least 50 times, longs to perfect the crane kick from “The Karate Kid” and performs stand-up comedy, while also cheering on the New York Yankees and New York Giants. A graduate of Rutgers University, he is the married father of two kids who believe he is ridiculous.
