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    By India Espy-Jones ·Updated April 7, 2026 Getting your Trinity Audio player ready…

    It’s a sunny Tuesday in New York and Angel Reese is hanging out of the roof of a black Benz. She’s just arrived to Victoria’s Secret on Fifth Ave. to celebrate her new Season of Strapless campaign—fresh off the heels of being traded to Atlanta Dream. And, what better way to mark big changes than with a dramatic new pixie cut?

    Angel Reese Debuts New Pixie Cut Inspired By Her MotherAngel Reese at the Angel Reese Victoria’s Secret Campaign Kickoff event held at Victoria’s Secret on April 07, 2026 in New York, New York. (Photo by John Nacion/Variety via Getty Images)

    We’ve all dug out lipsticks from our mother’s vanity, played pretend in her wigs, and took notes from her beauty rituals. But, rarely can we actually steal her pixie cut—and be able to pull it off. When asked who inspired her look, “My mom, actually. My mom is my hero. She’s done so much for me,” Reese tells ESSENCE this morning. “[When] I showed her she was like, ‘Oh my God, girl, you look good.’ I feel like the biggest compliment is always from your mom.”

    Her mother, Angel Web Reese, who she’s named after, is a former college basketball standout at UMBC and a professional player in Luxembourg who was inducted into the UMBC Athletics Hall of Fame. And, she has an incredible pixie cut, of course. Like mother like daughter, “I feel like Betty Boo,” Reese says about her little black kiss curls. 

    Angel Reese Debuts New Pixie Cut Inspired By Her MotherNEW YORK, NEW YORK – APRIL 07: Angel Reese celebrates Victoria’s Secret Season of Strapless on April 07, 2026 at Victoria’s Secret in New York City. (Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for Victoria’s Secret)

    Trading in her usual long black hair, she says this cut marks a new beauty and >Arrogant Tae, has even cut a pixie. And, with how good it looks, you wouldn’t be able to tell. “Y’all know I been tryna get into doing pixie wigs [and] short cuts, so this morning my reeseyyy wanted to try [a] pixie wig,” he said in an Instagram post about herdecoding="async" src="https://media.essence.com/vxcjywbwpa/uploads/2026/04/GettyImages-2270230270-scaled.jpg" alt="Angel Reese Debuts New Pixie Cut Inspired By Her Mother" width="400" height="500" />NEW YORK, NEW YORK – APRIL 07: Angel Reese is seen at The Victoria’s Secret flagship store at 640 5th Avenue on April 07, 2026 in New York City. (Photo by The Hapa Blonde/GC Images)TOPICS: 

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