There were statement-making hairstyles aplenty at this year's Oscars — Halle Berry's new microbob [1], Margot Robbie's bangs [2], Chloé Zhao's pigtail braids [3] — but I personally went to bed dreaming about Brad Pitt [4]'s man bun after the show wrapped on Sunday night. The seasoned actor rolled up to Union Station in Los Angeles with his sun-kissed hair pulled back into a petite, nape-grazing bundle, thus providing me with summer hair inspo [5] and simultaneously reigniting my nearly defunct man-bun obsession. It's like he knew he had to one-up himself following that emotional speech he gave after winning his first acting Oscar [6] last year or something.
We first caught a glimpse at Pitt's internet-breaking look when he took the stage to present Minari's Yuh-Jung Youn [7] with the best supporting actress award. He watched on from side stage as she delivered an impossibly endearing acceptance speech [8] that began with her shooting her shot with Pitt. I mean, can you blame her?! It's the power of the Brad Bun™. We were then graced with a closer look at the actor's sexy hairstyle when he escorted Youn backstage, revealing that his bun was quite small and perfectly tousled. It's unclear whether he enlisted help from a professional hairstylist or simply threw his hair into the low bun himself, but I sincerely hope it's the latter.
Of course, I couldn't settle for swooning Pitt's Oscars hairstyle solely via front-facing red carpet photos [9]. I needed to fully admire that beloved bun from every darn angle, so I rewatched his midshow appearance and captured every necessary screenshot, as one does. Please join me in admiring Pitt's glorious bun moment ahead, and catch me trying to re-create the effortless Brad Bun™ this summer.