At four o'clock ET—around 10 PM Paris time—I hunched over my laptop scanning Saint Laurent's Spring 2026 runway for the face of Bella Hadid. I nearly missed the Ôrebella founder among 50 Saint Laurent-clad models, a personal failure on my part.
Usually, I can spot Hadid's jaw line from a model away—the niche skill might as well be in my job description. But I was looking for a honey blonde Hadid. And therein lied my mistake. When creative director Anthony Vaccarello transformed Hadid for his runway, he reverted the model back to her previous brunette state. Though her shoulder pads are an element she's worn before, the hairstyle rendered her momentarily unrecognizable.
