Charlize Theron is one of our greatest living short-hair icons. I say that with zero hesitation and the confidence that no one in their right mind could possibly come up with a logical argument to the contrary. For the vast majority of her prolific acting career, the Oscar winner has hovered between a pixie and a lob, which may explain why my default mental picture of her is squarely in bob territory. But just because she almost never lets her ends stray past her shoulders doesn't mean it's not a good look for her. This is Charlize Theron we're talking about, and because she's gorgeously meandering about Paris Fashion with her longest hair in ages, we're talking about that, too.

Theron has spent the first week of October with way more inches than she did just three weeks ago, when she was spotted in Las Vegas wearing a flippy bob. For the Dior show, her long-time stylist Adir Abergel gave her sandy blonde hair ever-so-gently waved long layers. They were pushed forward in front of her embroidered, black leather jacket, and the middle part helped frame her cat-eye sunglasses.

The next day, she was spotted in yet another black leather jacket and equally cool pair of shades, the darker brown tones of the undermost layers clearly visible—a contrast she rocked when her hair was shorter, too.

And for the Givenchy show, Theron switched to an all-white suit, but stuck with the theme of sunglasses and long, wind-blown, almost-straight hair.

Theron isn't the only Abergel A-lister wearing long, loose, kinda witchy waves around Paris this week. We've also seen him work his magic on Anne Hathaway and Nicole Kidman in the last few days.

Theron clearly prefers shorter hair—there's years of evidence to support that—but she has to admit, she looks just as stunning with this effortlessly cool long look, too.

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