Imagine it or not, Gossip Lady hasn’t been on the air since *2012*. We’ll in all probability by no means cease speaking about it or freaking out when Leighton Meester wears a headscarf, nevertheless it’s necessary to treat her for issues apart from The CW at this time limit.

Additionally: we’ve to permit her to produce other hair inspirations! Relating to shade, she’s clearly moved on from the brunette/blonde binary that’s Blair and Serena. The truth is, there is a new princess on her imaginative and prescient board. As a substitute of Higher East Aspect royalty, she’s gone Ariel.

Leighton Meester’s New Auburn Hair

On Sunday, February 23, the 38-year-old appeared on the 2025 SAG Awards along with her husband, Adam Brody, and a brand-new head of auburn hair. Putting a stability between crimson and brown tones (with a bit of little bit of gold thrown in for good measure), the colour was much less true-red animated princess and extra real-life Disney princess Lindsay Lohan. Or our new favourite redhead, Severance‘s Britt Decrease.

California-based Amy Huson was the colorist behind the locks, which Clariss Anya Rubenstein facet parted and styled into mushy, classic curls that tumbled over one shoulder to solidify the Little Mermaid comparisons. You could discover Meester’s bangs have been nowhere to be seen—the magic of a very good hairstylist and a few robust, robust product.

Leighton Meester’s Ethereal Glam

As a result of she will by no means absolutely let Blair go (and why would you?), Meester selected an Elie Saab robe for the ceremony—the identical designer who made her iconic character’s blue marriage ceremony costume. This time, the intricately embroidered robe was sleeveless and olive inexperienced, paired with an identical scarf.

Stylist Ilaria Urbinati accessorized the costume with a pair of pearl and diamond earrings by Mikimoto, whereas Meester’s go-to make-up artist Bethany McCarty utilized a peach-y, monochrome look that additional highlighted that good hair shade.

“It takes so much for me to not have a look at Adam Brody, however this hair has me captivated,” commented a fan on Rubenstein’s Instagram submit recapping the occasion.

Precisely.