Vanessa Hudgens Figured Out the Ideal Hairstyle to Wear With a Casual Witch Hat — See Photo

If you’ve ever struggled with how to style your hair while wearing a hat, the last few months alone have served in a celebrity-led masterclass on the subject. Natalie Portman made a straw bucket hat look somehow elevated with smooth, loose curls; Jennifer Lopez defied the odds (and possibly the laws of physics) but successfully wearing a fedora over a half-up hairstyle; and Taylor Swift proved air-dried waves are the way to go — on more than on occasion — when wearing a slouchy baseball cap. But with Halloween just around the corner, we’ve been left wondering: What’s the best way to wear our hair under a pointy witch hat? Well, it turns out spooky season fanatic Vanessa Hudgens has the answer.

The actor, singer, and very big fan of goth vibes posted a black-and-white photo (all of her grid pictures have been sans color since mid-September) to Instagram on Friday, October 13 to celebrate the allegedly unlucky day. “Happy Friday the 13th. From this lil witch to you ????,” she wrote in the caption. 

In the seemingly makeup-free selfie, she appears to be wearing a Rowing Blazers x Target rugby shirt with a seasonally appropriate skull, but what really makes it an especially October-y look is her hat: a pointy witch-style hat, but apparently a casual knitted one with an adorably floppy feel. But regardless of the material of the hat, the photo provides guidance regarding a cute way to wear one’s hair with such a head-topper. 

As lovely as hair looks when worn down with a witch hat and as timeless as a low, knotted bun à la Margaret Hamilton may be, Hudgens propounds another option: low, braided pigtails. It’s giving Fairuza Balk in 1986’s classic Halloween TV movie The Worst Witch — but instead of the worst, it’s kind of the best, especially because the face-framing tendrils keep the look from leaning too juvenile.