Lily Aldridge’s Braided Pigtails Are All Grown Up — vogue.com

With braid mania showing no signs of slowing down—even inspiring Selfridges to devote a bar to the nimble-fingered-woven styles making appearances from the London runways to the streets of Milan—leave it to Lily Aldridge to distill the trend into its most minimal form. Spotted in New York City yesterday with glossy twin plaits and a neat center part, the model took pigtails from impish schoolgirl throwback to the kind of coolly sophisticated style that might inspire the most enthusiastic bob devotee to order some Viviscal. Her clean, sun-kissed skin and rosy nude lips telegraphed a similar pared-down appeal—once again offering proof that playful and put-together can go hand in hand.

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