‘That was a low moment for me,’ says Charlize Theron, with a sigh. ‘To be honest, I’ve yet to recover from it.’
I am just five minutes into my transatlantic phone chat with the Oscar-winning actress, and already we’ve stumbled into deep waters — a moment of profound regret and embarrassment from her past. Namely: Theron’s decision, as a twenty-something, to dabble with that questionable beauty trend now known as ‘Nineties Eyebrow’. ‘It’s funny because so much of that Nineties stuff is coming back into fashion now,’ she laughs. ‘Kitten heels, silk slip dresses — it’s like déjà vu. If you live long enough, it comes back around. But the [ultra-thin] Nineties Brow...’ Another mock-mournful sigh: ‘Yeah, I don’t know if that one will ever come back.’
