drown her naturally brunette locks in peroxide, America dye job, men thought they had died and gone to heaven -- and her characters, thus giving them the added bonus of the "dumb blonde." Even at the risk of being considered dopey, women seeking male attention and celebrity it, and Hollywood kept the fountain full.
Some 20 years later, the title of the 1953 film it.

As beauty shops loaded up with housewives ordering the Harlow treatment, a steady stream of fair-haired bombshells began their flow into the national psyche, from Marilyn Monroe and Jayne Mansfield to Angie Dickinson, Suzanne Somers, Pamela Anderson and Anna Nicole Smith. About five years ago, black women with very dark skin began to go blonde, too -- previously a no-no.
fading -- and once again, Hollywood is leading the way.

Theron, Mandy Moore, Britney Spears (before shaving her hair system by changing to brunette.
to the dark side along with them.
"Everyone used to go lighter for summer," says Christie Marie Lombardo, a colorist and stylist at XOMA Salon and Spa in Short Hills.

Not this year.
are going for the new trend, as well as those who are older.
"People like the brunette look.

Dark hair makes the eyes pop, it's an enhancing feature. Brunette hair also gives you less of a flirty look," Lombardo says.
Just last week, Jessica Alba, whom we got to know first blonde hair, was seen in the audience at "American Idol" -- as a brunette.