Ivanka Trump shows off bold new Bardot-esque look with blunt blonde bangs

 

Ivanka Trump shows off bold new Bardot-esque look with blunt blonde bangs

By
Olivia Fleming

PUBLISHED:

18:07 GMT, 8 May 2012

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UPDATED:

18:14 GMT, 8 May 2012

Ivanka Trump debuted a brand-new forehead full of thick blonde bangs at last nights Met Gala.

It is the first time Donald Trump's model-turned-tycoon daughter has changed her classic mid-part hairstyle in the 30 years she has been in the public eye.

Showing off her new style among fashion's elite at the Schiaparelli and Prada: Impossible Conversations Gala, the new mother looked like a Brigitte Bardot inspired knock-out.

Ivanka Trump attends the 98th Annual White House Correspondents' Association Dinner

Ivanka Trump arrives at the Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute gala benefit, celebrating Elsa Schiaparelli and Miuccia Prada

Before and after: It is the first time the 30-year-old has changed her classic mid-part hairstyle (left) since being in the public eye – she debuted her new do' at the Met Ball last night (right)

Wearing a dark blue velvet Peter Pilotto gown that hugged her body in all the right places, she looked like a slightly more modern version of her usual sweet, and flawless self.

While the detailed crisscross top looked more bondage than beautiful, the 30-year-old new mother radiated with barely-there make-up and her new do'.

Looking statuesque, and slimmer than ever, the mother of 10-month old daughter Arabella Rose, and newly minted fashion designer, somehow made such a bold change remain classic and traditional, rather than appearing overtly high fashion.

Ivanka Trump attends the

Big bang theory: Wearing a dark blue velvet Peter Pilotto
gown that hugged her body in all the right places, Ivanka Trump looked like a
slightly more modern version of her usual sweet, and flawless self

Bangs are few and far between these days on the red-carpet, with the exception of Katie Holmes' previous sharp bobbed hair-style, Rose Byrne's recently-cut thick brunette fringe and Rooney Mara's sharp edged-bangs.

A heavy fringe requires a certain amount of coaxing to be camera-ready for the red carpet, and it takes a gutsy lady to make the style work.

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