I binged the second season of Netflix’s high society crime comedy, , in just a few days. For my part – aside from the witty dialogue, impeccable comic timing and Theo James’s brooding facial expressions – the one detail that has stayed with me is Countess Isabella “Bella” Soranze de Parme’s hair.

Bella, played by Benedetta Porcaroli, has a chic Italian bob that’s almost as captivating as her character: chunky-ended, tousled and flipped insouciantly to one side. But when Porcaroli stepped out at Vogue World: Milano, her hair had taken on a little more length, making a persuasive case for the Italian midi-cut.

If you’re not yet familiar, the Italian midi-cut is a little longer than shoulder-length, falling well below the collarbone to graze the chest. And while there are typically a handful of layers – some framing the face and others skimming the clavicle – the ends are kept blunt and chunky, just like the Italian bob.

But it’s Porcaroli’s signature laissez-faire side flip that really makes this midi-cut shine: proof that growing out a bob doesn’t have to mean enduring an awkward in-between phase, and that mid-length hair is anything but boring.

Benedetta attending Vogue World: Milano.

Valentina S. Frugiuele/Getty Images for Vogue

Neale Rodger, style director at STIL Salon, thinks mid-length cuts like this appeal due to their perfect balance between shape and versatility. “Porcaroli’s sits just around the collarbone, which keeps it feeling modern, but it still has enough length to create movement and softness,” he says. The bluntness, adds Rodger, gives the hair density and weight that’s synonymous with Italian cuts like Porcaroli’s. “This makes it feel polished rather than overly layered,” he explains. “Flipping the parting slightly to the side breaks up that precision and gives it a much more effortless feel.”

Rodger recommends keeping the outline clean and intentional, but allowing the styling to have “a little movement and imperfection”. The trick? “Not to overwork it,” he says. “Keep the cut strong and keep the ends looking healthy, and let the styling have some movement. That slight imperfection is what stops a mid length cut from feeling too ‘safe’.”

To emulate Porcaroli’s mid-length style, invest in a hot brush like Shark Beauty’s Glossi 2-in-1 Hot Tool and Air Glosser, and blow-dry your lengths in different directions – some under, others outwards – for the same swishy effect. Finish with a dab of Hershesons Almost Everything Cream through the mid-lengths and ends to make the hair look more lived in, as is characteristic of trending Italian cuts.

Shark Glossi Hot Tool + Air Glosser

In an autumnal departure from the golden, sun-kissed lengths Porcaroli wore so beautifully in , her hair also appeared multiple shades darker in Milan – an all-over espresso tone punctuated by lighter face-framing pieces to lend dimension and movement – perfect timing for the season ahead.