Anyone who’s had more than a passing acquaintance with blonde highlights will have felt a painful shudder of recognition yesterday when they saw Jennifer Aniston’s new hairdo.
This is not a sensation associated with Ms Aniston. Because, for all Jen’s reported girl-next-door appeal, she usually looks as sleek, glossy and expensive as a brand-new cashmere sweater.
This week, however, she stepped out in front of the paparazzi to promote her latest film revealing a new haircut that not only didn’t suit her, but looked (whisper it) rather cheap.

Brassily blonde, with little in the way of contrast and shimmer, it was the sort of dye job you might expect your teenage daughter to pull off in a dimly-lit bathroom with a packet from a High Street chemist.
The sort of dye job, indeed, that has happened to all of us civilians from time to time, intentional or otherwise.
It’s very un-Jen though. For while the lady has had more than her fair share of romantic disasters, she normally doesn’t put a follicle wrong when it comes to her hairdo.