It Was a Big Year in Beauty: Here’s to the 11 Trends That Defined 2015

It’s amazing how quickly a year can pass—weren’t we just ringing in 2015? But when you consider all that has happened in the past 12 months, there are plenty of major beauty milestones to celebrate. In fact, 2015 may be remembered as the year that we broadened our collective definition of the word. From the runways to the streets, women dropped uniform cookie-cutter blowouts in favor of their liberating natural texture, or ditched hair altogether for graphic buzz cuts. All it took was one look at a silver-haired Joan Didion in Céline’s Spring campaign or Joni Mitchell as the face of Saint Laurent to remind us that age, brains, and a pioneering spirit will always be powerfully attractive. Elsewhere, Caitlyn Jenner’s striking Vanity Fair cover—along with her honesty, grace, and bravery over the course of her public transition—moved the collective needle when it came to challenging traditional notions of beauty. From septuagenarians to workout selfies, here is what mattered in 2015.

 

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