Take it from 2017: A dramatic hair change can do wonders for a woman, no matter if she's ever-evolving or having the sudden urge to do a 180 degree above-the-neck turn. Over the past year, countless celebrities demonstrated this—Boy cuts! Bangs! Supernatural dye jobs!—to jaw-dropping effect.
For one, there were those who boldly sheared it all off. Back in March, Katy Perry started things off when she unveiled a new breakup pixie following her split from Orlando Bloom. Shortly after, Kristen Stewart lopped off her brunette lengths into a buzz cut while Zoë Kravitz shaved off her long braids into a similarly close-crop. Come summer, Cara Delevingne and Kate Hudson both kept up the momentum with their own game-changing buzz cuts. Then, showcasing the more demure appeal of parting with a few precious inches, Pippa Middleton's unveiled a sleek chop and The Crown's Claire Foy debuted a gamine crop at the show's season two premiere.
And then there was the undeniable platinum fever, with many having a first go at—and returning to—the megawatt shade. After taking the peroxide plunge, Solange switched things up from beaded baby braids to a cloud of short curls, while Selena Gomez stuck to shoulder-length rumpled texture à la Courtney Love. Given her Game of Thrones character Khaleesi is a white-hot blonde, it wasn't a total shock when Emilia Clarke bleached her hair IRL, nor was it a complete surprise when Kim Kardashian West took another hiatus from her natural onyx color in favor of a cool silver twist on lightened strands. Whether this year's distinct trends gain momentum in the new year, or 2018 inspires a new kind of longterm beauty monogamy, there's no doubt that these stars have set the stage for stepping things up a notch—or five—with a radical hair change.