Blondness is back. Post pandemic, tweed blond, ice cube blond and rose gold blonds have been everywhere from celebrities and influencers to schoolkids and footballers. Why this colourful saturation?
My favourite Paris Hilton quote (yes, I have a favourite Paris Hilton quote) is when, in 2006, she told the Sunday Times: “There’s nobody in the world like me. I think every decade has an iconic blond, like Marilyn Monroe or Princess Diana. And right now, I’m that icon.”
It’s an impressive level of chutzpah, and yet, she isn’t wrong. The examples Hilton gave are particularly pertinent in 2022; a recent “fictitious” biopic of Monroe, Blonde, has become one of Netflix’s most-watched originals, and Diana is front and centre in the most recent season of The Crown (in which Elizabeth Debicki appears in a coiffed wig).
