The runways embraced natural texture and boyish buzz cuts while the red carpet lit up with electric dye and one-night-only wigs. Here, the 15 most talked-about hair moments of 2015.
Kim's Blonde
The reality star stole Paris Fashion Week when she arrived at the Balmain Fall 2015 show with a radically different look.
Miley's VMAs Headpiece
Cyrus took her gig as host of the year's wildest awards show seriously, showing up nearly naked and with a heavy head of dreads that put her under fire.
Kylie's Wigs
Before 2015, we could pretend that every celebrity had naturally thick, long hair and the time to go from jet black to platinum blonde in a day. We know better now. It was the year of wigs, extensions and clip-on bangs, and Jenner led the pack.
Maria Borges' Au Natural
Borges made history as the first model to walk the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show runway with natural hair.
Beyonce's Barbie Ponytail
This year's Met Gala marked the debut of Beyonce's new favorite hairstyle—a sky-high side ponytail fit for a reigning diva.
Blake's Bronde
Beauty's most basic portmanteau was born after Lively let her hair appointments slide post-baby and embraced the resulting is-it-blonde-or-is-it-brown color.
Zendaya's Dreads
The singer's dreadlocks on the Oscars red carpet sparked an important conversation on social media after E! host Giuliana Rancic made a racially-insensitive comment.
Ruby Rose's Pixie
Everyone had to do a quick reevaluation of their sexuality and stance on short hair the moment Ruby Rose entered Litchfield Penitentiary on season 3 of OITNB.
Gigi's Faux Bob
Hadid proved the power of the well-done wig again and left us searching for clues along the hairline (we still can't find any) after revealing that her AMAs bob was a 24-hour thing.
Rihanna's Style Switches
Rihanna is immune to trends and all rules regarding colors and styles—everything she tries just works out so. damn. well.
The Strobing Trend
For a brief moment, 'highlighting' got replaced by the term 'strobing,' but don't bother trying to figure out the difference; they're two ways of saying "makeup and hair color application that brings out your best features, diminishes your less-great ones and gets you mistaken for a glowing angel."
Ruth Bell's Buzz
The up-and-coming model's striking, unconventional look landed her a Saint Laurent campaign and spots on major runways this year—a good sign that fashion is moving in a more diverse direction.
