photograph by ines garcia baltar

Sorry y'all. All us fashion bloggers got a threatening memo promising that if we fail to write about ómbre hair, our sites will be shut down by the Style Authority.

Seriously, though, I'm frustrated that I keep seeing the same three photos of fade-haired folk recycled in every post about this look. Lucky for me, I didn't have to do much digging to find some stellar examples of less celebrated ómbre hombres and ladies (one of whom is my lovely friend Peter Oquendo.)

photographs by ian markell, Denimology, Garance Dore

Obviously, all of my favorites iterations of this trend have a common thread. They're all achieved with natural colors and on hair with a lot of texture. Usually I'm all for extremes, but there's something unkempt and less literal about this way of wearing it. Something I find far more aesthetically pleasing than white hair that looks like it was aggressively dip-dyed in India ink. Agreed?