Today, Florence Welch will play a highly-anticipated set at Governors Ball, performing well-loved hits and new tracks from Florence + the Machine’s latest album, How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful. Aside from her hauntingly soulful vocals, Welch may be best identified by her signature flame-colored mane, which—along with a pristine alabaster complexion and a penchant for all things bohemian—makes her an onstage standout in more ways than one.
As the rarest of the natural hair tones, red is effortlessly eye-catching, its varied shades reminiscent of glowing embers, exposed brick, or a finely aged glass of Bordeaux. And the personalities famous for their fiery manes are equally memorable. Lucille Ball’s ginger curls framed her expressive face to lively effect, while Rita Hayworth’s fluffy, burnt orange waves fell over her shoulders in a hypnotically sensual fashion that made Gilda the stuff of legend.
In Pretty Woman, Julia Roberts’s hair serves as a charming metaphor: Her girl-next-door alter-ego is exposed only when she reveals her tumble of real life auburn curls from beneath a blunt-cut platinum wig. Offering up a different emotional subtext, Claire Danes’s burgundy box dye-job marks her shift from adolescent to angst-ridden teenager in My So Called Life.
In recent years, the color seems to signify transcendent levels of talent and beauty, with Julianne Moore, Amy Adams, Jessica Chastain, and Emma Stone dominating the silver screen and the red carpet alike.
From Queen Elizabeth I to Grace Coddington, here are 37 icons who prove red hair is anything but commonplace.
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