Before they were blonde: Heidi Klum

In researching Brigitte Bardot for my cat eye post, I came across photos of her as a brunette and the power of blonde struck me.
Hence, I will post -- every now and again -- on "Before they were blonde." I begin with Klum, who was born with a cocoa-hued mane and modeled as a brunette in her native Germany for a while.

But it was "hitting the bottle" (of peroxide) that vaulted her career into supermodel orbit.
Here's her quote about what a difference some bleach makes:

"Going blonde is like buying yourself a light bulb!"

This week in the paper, I wrote about a new trend here in L.A. in which blondes get dark roots painted on to look like they haven't bothered to go to the salon. It's a rather uproarious trend.
Read it here.

Photo credits: Vogue; Bravo.com

Comments

[Stevie Wilson]

tell me Monica. .. be honest. Have you never thought about changing your hair color? Even as a kid? weren't you ever the redhead ( I was red, purple, wine, copper penny (oy.. what a mistake that was), strawberry blonde, and different shades of brown before I went to highlights, blonde, BLONDE and now a vari-shade caramel highlights (and lots of them) so that I look like a warm blonde.
what color am I really? I'll never tell. Besides, I was a curly golden ringlet baby and I have the photos to prove it.

I did read that article about painting in the roots and find it the height of something-- just can't find the *perfect* word for it- because stupid doesn't seem polite... or encompassing enough of the reason to do that.

that's like being anorexic because it's the "thing to do"

Stevie