The Woman Who Launched 1,000 Haircuts

The inspiration is the model Agyness Deyn, the face of Giorgio Armani and a favorite of the photographer Steven Meisel. Her cropped boyish hair is an anomaly on runways, where long-haired models are the norm.

"Before I went for the chop, I had long dark hair with a heavy fringe -- quite a contrast," said Natalie Gray, 26, creative director at the interior design firm No Chintz Ltd. in Manchester. "I wanted something that would look like I've not tried too hard, even if I have, and Aggy's style is exactly that."

"For this generation of early 20-somethings, she's the new Kate Moss," said Andrew Barn of barn//it, the hairdressing salon at Harvey Nichols in London, who is responsible for Ms. Gray's radical transformation.

Read the entire New York Times story here.

But back in the fall, Living was already so sick of this woman/girl/scenester/supermodel, that we composed a slideshow plea entitled "Stop Model Agyness Deyn!" (Even though we acknowledge that her haircut is pretty awesome.) Behold:

Still can't get enough Agyness Deyn? More photos of her here and here and here.

And who is Laura Hollins?