Kirsten Dunst just sent me right back to the Tumblr era thanks to her wispy side bangs. After seeing these pics, I have a strong urge to dress in tights and thigh-high socks with a slouchy beanie over my hair, just like I did back in the early 2010s.
Dunst attended the Palm Springs International Film Festival wearing her blonde hair in a half-up style, with the top portion fastened with a black bow. The bottom layers were styled in soft, undone curls, ending just between her shoulder blades. Dunst frequently has a side bang, but this version is a bit wispier than normal, reminiscent of the bangs she wore over a decade ago. A small chunk of hair has been swept to one side along with her part, hitting about mid-forehead. Unlike the heavy side bangs we wore in the 2010s, these are more delicate and feathery, barely dancing across her forehead and toward one ear.
Here are the 2024 bangs in all their glory:
And here they are back in the day, 2012 to be exact. (Isn't that braid so very twee?)
Dunst has frequently rocked bangs over the years, including straight-across fringe during her child star days, curtain bangs and yes, lots of variations on the side bang. She's also changed up her hair color multiple times, including going red for her Spider-Man role. In 2022, Dunst cut her hair into a chic bob, the shortest it had been in 17 (!!) years. “She's always inspired to do something different, and since she felt her length was 'just there' and didn't feel interesting, she was ready for a change," her stylist Marcus Francis told E! at the time. Change is good, and so is revisiting looks from your past and updating them in a fun, fresh way. I personally may not go back to the side bang, but there's no denying it looks picture-perfect on Dunst.
More fab fringe:
Now, watch bangs evolve over the past 100 years:
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