Your gran’s favourite hair trend is back thanks to Sabrina Carpenter – we tried it out
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Tom Smith is the hair whisperer. He predicts the future of cuts and colour in his seasonal trend reports, so when he declares that ‘the set’ is back, taking Sabrina Carpenter as the inspiration, Team Metro are desperate togive it a try as soon he can get us at the backwash.
![[NEW YORK, NEW YORK - DECEMBER 10: Sabrina Carpenter is seen on December 10, 2024 in New York City. (Photo by Raymond Hall/GC Images)]](https://metro.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/SEI_232766290-3bf0-e1734951670299.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=646)
For many Gen-Xers like me, getting a ‘set’ is a throwback to our gran’s weekly visits to the hairdresser where wet hair would be put in rollers, doused in setting lotion and then she’d sit under a hooded dryer with a copy of Woman’s Realm for an hour until her hair was curled, crisp and even.
But what does it mean to Gen Z? ‘A big, blowout similar to how my grandmother’s 1960s hairstyle would look with hairspray, hairspray and more hairspray,’ says 23-year-old Metro reporter Lucia Botfield. So with Lucia’s long hair and my shorter cut – not to mention our different interpretations of a set – we head to Billi Currie’s salon in Marylebone where Tom works as International Artist, to see if it will work for us.
![[Beatrice Aidin having her hair ???set??? by hair trend forecaster and hairstylist, Tom Smith. ?? Lucy Young 2024 07799118984 lucyyounguk@gmail.com www.lucyyoungphotos.co.uk]](https://metro.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/SEI_233832497-b0ef.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=646)
The first thing he does is make it clear that The Set 2.0 is definitely ‘not the same’ as we imagine. ‘I’ve modified the modern set to make hair look healthy with movement so you can see the texture and bounce while it holds the shape,’ Tom explains. ‘It also looks fuller so ideal for hair that is thinning.’.
![[Beatrice Aidin having her hair ???set??? by hair trend forecaster and hairstylist, Tom Smith. ?? Lucy Young 2024 07799118984 lucyyounguk@gmail.com www.lucyyoungphotos.co.uk]](https://metro.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/SEI_233832614-5a91-e1734951151430.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=646)
No setting lotion, no hooded dryer, not even wet hair these days – so what is the technique?. ‘I use dry hair and create ‘invisible’ rollers formed with an heated curler and then use tiny clips to pin it and leave it for thirty minutes depending on the length and thickness of the hair,’ says Tom.
![[Lucia Botfield having her hair ???set??? by hair trend forecaster and hairstylist, Tom Smith. ?? Lucy Young 2024 07799118984 lucyyounguk@gmail.com www.lucyyoungphotos.co.uk]](https://metro.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/SEI_233832247-9a7a.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=646)
