14 Career-Making Model Hair Transformations That Stole Our Hearts

There’s a reason that old Coco Chanel quote, “a woman who cuts her hair is about to change her life,” is tossed around so often. Forty-five years after the designer’s death, it still rings true, and nowhere is that statement more substantiated than at Fashion Week. On runways from New York to Paris, models continue to greet each new season with startlingly inventive takes on beauty. These can be career-making transformations—haircuts and dye jobs that shift the proverbial tectonic plates of aesthetics, and make the rest of us reconsider our own sense of allure.

Most recently, the look of the moment was delivered in the form of a micro-banged, cheekbone-grazing bob the color of a neon tomato on newcomer (and former mousy blonde) Katherine Moore at Alexander Wang’s Fall 2016 show. Pulses quickened, headlines took the internet by storm, and Instagram feeds were washed in a particular shade of tangerine as models and girls-about-town followed her lead, and Moore became one of the most in-demand faces of the year.

That is the power of a good makeover. Edie Campbell and Arizona Muse enjoyed a similar snip, dye, and skyrocket effect, ditching their sunny shades of brunette and blonde, respectively, for darker takes on more textural cuts—Campbell nearly single-handedly bringing back the mullet with her moody, jet-black iteration, and Muse doing the same for the swingy bob. The moment Imaan Hammam ditched her straightened lengths for a natural cloud of curls, her model card filled up faster than the bounce of a ringlet. Kate Moss and Maria Borges drew more eyes to their striking cheekbones when they took their swingy blowouts into micro-pixie territory—each inspiring their respective generations to shake off the notion that only long hair can be feminine. And let us not forget the ultimate beauty chameleon: Linda Evangelista, who tried on just about every visual persona, keeping her audience guessing and career at full blast. Here, 15 model transformations to remind you to keep your eye on the runway this week—because your best self just might be found on the other side of a bang trim.

 

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