It takes only one look at Gabrielle Union’s bold new beauty transformation to understand the nonchalant drama of waist-length braids. The actress abandoned her straight, layered shoulder-length hair yesterday, stepping out at LAX with her extreme new lengths—now twisted into a collective of slim allover woven strands—flipped casually over her shoulders. A glowing complexion and pair of rounded aviators finished the look, which Union wore with her strands raked into a mussed side-part for their airport debut. Set against a backdrop of head-to-toe winter whites, her radical makeover alluded to all the glorious possibilities of a mid-season beauty quick-change—updos, knots, and twists included. The season’s new hair prescription? Plaits, please!
