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Pop singer Joe Jonas was feeling blue after his breakup with model Gigi
Hadid.
Last month, shortly after the two split up, the 26-year-old Jonas was spotted
with a festive cobalt-colored streak in his dark hair.
Teen Vogue called it the “ultimate post-breakup move,” and his colorist,
Laura Estroff, described the shade to People StyleWatch as “lapis lazuli blue.”
(Jonas has since dyed his entire mane.)
Although a drastic change in appearance after a breakup — sometimes called a
“break-over” — isn’t uncommon for women, more men of late seem to be into the
idea.
Joining the others in reaching for a bottle of hair dye after a fizzled
romance was Zayn Malik, the former One Direction member — who in August was seen
sporting silvery hair after calling off his engagement to British pop singer
Perrie Edwards. (Coincidentally, reports are circling of a developing romance
between Malik and Hadid.)
About this time last year, rapper Wiz Khalifa appeared on Instagram with
purple dreadlocks two weeks after filing for divorce from model Amber Rose.
“Even when your heart is broken, you want to feel like you can pick up and be
a new person,” said Logan Levkoff, a New York sexologist and relationship
expert.
“Dyeing your hair or doing something dramatic, in an idealized way, tricks us
into thinking that we are.”
For men, dyeing the hair is a natural progression of the break-over — which
was previously a more straightforward affair. (Think of John Mayer cutting his
shoulder-length mane in 2012 after his split with Katy Perry or Ashton Kutcher
shaving his beard after his separation from Demi Moore.)
It also aligns with the general trend of men being willing to experiment with
hair color.
“Men have been coloring their hair way more in the past year, more than ever
before,” said Zoe Wiepert, a colorist and technical lead at the Bumble and
bumble salon in New York.
Wiepert confirmed that she has had “real men” (non-famous people) in her
chair looking to change their looks after relationships have ended — a service
that might set them back $200 to $300 for a double process, which consists of
bleaching, then dyeing, their hair.
Ultimately, Levkoff said, she sees the act as a positive way to deal with
heartbreak — a way of outwardly signaling the end of one chapter and the
beginning of another, and of adding some levity to an unpleasant experience.
“I love the idea that we can own wherever we are in a particular moment,”
Levkoff said. “It can be very empowering to change your look and start
fresh.”
Music fans, meanwhile, might want to keep an eye on Gavin Rossdale, who has
split with Gwen Stefani.
