Kim Kardashian has officially benched her sleek signature extensions, debuting a grown-out black buzzcut for CR Fashion Book's 10th anniversary issue. The done-it-all star, who recently made her on-screen debut in the latest season of Ryan Murphy's American Horror Story, has traded out her hip-grazing waves for a close-cropped 90s trim. Very à la Girl, Interrupted.

While this statement trim is definitely taking the term 'hair transformation' to all-new lengths, the TV-personality-turned-businesswoman-turned-lawyer has long been experimenting with her colour and style. From emergency hotel bleach sessions with Chris Appleton pre-Met Gala to making a beyond convincing case for grown out black roots and platinum ends on The Kardashians (who needs a maintenance colour?), there's no stone unturned in Kim K's repertoire of stand-out, feed-stopping looks. Honey blonde? Check. Pamela Anderson up-dos? Check. Buzzcut? Check.

And while this effortlessly movie-ready look is almost certainly a wig, her likeness to momager Kris Jenner here is truly uncanny.

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Kim is far from the first to take on the buzz this year. Florence Pugh debuted a freshly shaved crop for this year's Met Gala before delivering a long string of playful tones and textures. Her latest styling? A windswept bleach-blonde, which she sported for the return of the ELLE UK style awards; we'd put this look somewhere between ice queen glamour and Y2k boyband spikes.

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Katie Withington
Beauty Writer

Katie Withington (she/her) is the Beauty Writer, at ELLE UK and Harper’s Bazaar. Working alongside the ELLE UK Beauty Team, she covers all things beauty for both print and digital, from finding backstage make-up trends at London Fashion Week and investigating buzzy skincare ingredients, to unzipping the beauty bags of Hailey Bieber and Margot Robbie. Prior to joining ELLE UK in 2022, Katie studied (BA) Fashion Journalism at London College of Fashion and has previously contributed to Red, Good Housekeeping and Prima.