Who remembers the golden age of TV? I'm talking about having Buffy The Vampire Slayer on repeat circa the early 00s and even more specifically, season six, episode 11: a moment in time that'll forever be engrained in my memory. A little lost? Well, it featured the iconic scene where Buffy Summers dramatically cut her own hair, which may or may not have caused a ripple effect among tween girls at the time.

Now, what brings me to reminisce on those good days decades later is the character's IRL counterpart, Sarah Michelle Gellar, who just debuted a brand new haircut. Though, it is a little more professionally executed, I must say.

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Last weekend (yes, this hair transformation almost went unscathed), Sarah took to her 4.6 million followed Instagram account to share a photo of said new hairstyle. As shown below, her freshly tamed blonde locks underwent a Sabrina Carpenter-like curtain bang makeover. 'She bangs 💇‍♀️,' the actor wrote in the caption.

Hairstylist Barb Thompson was the creative genius behind Sarah's new cut, mastering the shaggy bangs that so effortlessly frame her face – like a window, as the style's namesake would suggest.

Contextually speaking, the curtain bangs look has roots (no pun intended) in the 60s and 70s à la the one and only Jane Birkin. So, it's only right that we give credit where credit is due and rightly dub Sarah's iteration of the look...

We're bringing 'Birkin bangs' back. Sarah, we are coming for your cut.

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From: Cosmopolitan UK
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Lia Mappoura
Beauty Writer

 Lia Mappoura (she/her) is the Beauty Writer at Cosmopolitan UK. Covering everything from viral celebrity hair and makeup news to the latest trend predictions, she’s an expert in recognising the season’s next big beauty look (before it ends up all over your social media feeds). You’ll usually find her putting TikTok’s recent beauty hacks to the Hype Test, challenging the gender-makeup binary and social stereotypes, or fangirling over the time Kourtney Kardashian viewed her Instagram Story (yes, it’s true). Find her also on LinkedIn.