Conventional wisdom states that we change our hair when we’re in the midst of changing our lives. But that particular supposition severely underestimates the potential of going from brunette to blonde, redhead, or beyond. Sometimes, changing your hair is what changes your life—just ask anyone who’s ever found herself sporting a truly extraordinary (or truly awful) new hue.
Marilyn Monroe, the definitive platinum siren, may have remained a sweet brunette factory worker named Norma Jean Dougherty forever if she hadn’t purchased a bottle of peroxide for an early screen test in 1950. Lucille Ball actually stopped being a bottle blonde to differentiate herself from the gaggle of fair-haired Paramount backlot girls in 1942, and the combination of her arresting apricot-copper ringlets and razor-sharp wit made her a B-movie icon even before I Love Lucy turned her into a cultural phenomenon. More recently, we’ve watched Jennifer Lawrence shift seamlessly between dusky brunette and Hollywood power blonde, nabbing a record-breaking fourth Oscar nomination last week for Joy.
It does not go unnoticed that changing one’s hair identity is risky—just consider Linda Evangelista, who took her natural color from deep brunette territory to a shade that might accurately be described as champagne. Needless to say, it worked: By the early-nineties, the hair color chameleon (and supermodel) wouldn’t get out of bed for less than $10,000 a day, fearlessly volleying between a full spectrum of shades. More recently, one need only consider Rooney Mara’s swift transition from shy auburn-maned ingénue to raven-haired romantic-goth for her Dragon Tattoo casting to understand the career-changing effects of a good dye job. Or model Edie Campbell, who cast aside her strawberry blonde English Rose for a pitch-black shag—and became a Marc Jacobs muse and fashion It girl in the process. Still others have made it a signature to bounce between shades—like actress (and natural blonde) Emma Stone, who transitions between platinum and ginger with ease.
For further proof that a shade metamorphosis can alter your life trajectory this season, above are a few of our favorite hair color transformations of all time.
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