Lily Collins is no stranger to experimenting with a new hairstyle and various lengths.
Over the years, she's leant into a micro fringe and side-swept bangs on more than one occasion, resembling a modern-day Audrey Hepburn. The actor has also opted for freshly-chopped bobs, face-framing layers, an edgy shag, pretty pixies and even a flapper girl-inspired “S” wave for the 2016 Vanity Fair Oscar Party.
Not forgetting the smorgasbord of French-girl styles – from perfectly coiffed waves and twisted updos to that self-cut ‘trauma’ fringe – she has served up on the set of Emily in Paris.
But her most recent chop is just as worthy of praise and perfect for the summer heat. On Monday, June 24, Lily Collins teased that a hair transformation was in the pipeline, writing on Instagram, “Good(bye) hair day…”, and posting a carousel of the front and back of her hair.
Her longtime hairstylist Gregory Russell confirmed the news, with the post “✂️✂️✂️ New snips for @lilyjcollins 🤍” and a picture of Lily with a new blunt, centre-parted bob.
We were treated to the full 360-degree view of her new crop when the star attended the world premiere of MaXXXine, held in Los Angeles that same day.
Lily stunned on the red carpet, having indeed swapped her long, layered hair for a sleek, jaw-skimming bob. Not only that, but her previously light brown shade with finely-spun honey highlights is now a deeper hue as she appears to be channelling this season's trending hair colour “charcoal brunette”.
Worn in a deep side part, with the ends flicked under, a stand out feature of Lily's look was the eye-grazing section of hair angled just above her cheekbone, that flicked out in the opposite direction.
From tenniscore braids to hourglass layers.
The finishing touch to Lily Collins' red-carpet look – a sky blue blazer and draped skirt – was her signature defined brows, taupe eyeshadow, a soft dusting of flesh-toned blusher and a dark pink lip.
We (almost) stopped talking about the bob for one hot second when Julia Roberts debuted her honey lob, but the hairstyle is making headlines yet again as it poises to steal back its crown as summer's most lust-worthy crop.
Obsessed doesn't cover it.
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