Legendary Elizabeth Taylor was the a social bombshell and darling of Hollywood. While some women wanted to be like her, others were green with envy while men ogled at her beauty and sheer glamour. She literally Bewitched her numerous lovers with raw beauty.
The famous actress who mesmerized her audience with her signature violet eyes had her tumbling brunette mane to complement her captivating personality.
Throughout the actor’s lifetime — from her breakout role aged 12 in 1944’s National Velvet to her final public appearance in 2009, before her death aged 79 in 2011 — she remained a vision of opulent beauty and style. Her naturally thick hair became the perfect canvas for trending styles during her six decades in the public eye.
Throughout the ’60s, in particular, Taylor worked with hairdresser Alexandre de Paris to create styles that rivalled her ever-expanding supply of diamonds for the limelight – not to mention the acting accolades and passionate love affairs that filled countless column inches.
In the midst of her most famous marriage(s) to Richard Burton, the actor would turn up to premieres on her husband’s arm wearing up-dos fastened with her beloved suites of jewels, set amongst teased bouffants, lengths of braids and sometimes sweet ringlets that framed her face.
Taylor’s lustrous hair also became a dramatic prop in her onscreen roles. While some called for wigs (Cleopatra, Dr Faustus), other parts allowed Elizabeth to use her natural style (1965’s Sandpiper in particular) to reveal something about a character’s persona, taking her from Elizabethan England (The Taming Of The Shrew) through to contemporary roles in The Only Game in Town and Cat On A Hot Tin Roof.
Here are some of the actress’s picture perfect images as captured by Vogue
