Jennifer Aniston; Jessica Alba. David Fisher/Shutterstock; Jason Merritt/Radarpics/Shutterstock
OMG! It appears to be like like Jennifer Aniston wasn’t the primary superstar to rock “the Rachel” haircut. Jessica Alba was.
Alba, 39, coated the January/February 2021 of Women’s Health, additionally showing in an accompanying interview for the publication’s video collection, Physique Scan. Within the clip, the actress reveals that she obtained the enduring layered ‘90s snip earlier than Aniston made it well-known. In actual fact, it was her first chop.
“My first actual haircut was when Chris McMillan reduce my hair,” she says, referring to Aniston’s go-to stylist for many years. “I used to be 12, virtually 13, and it was after I met him for an audition for Milla Jovovich’s music video to play youthful Milla Jovovich.”
Although she wasn’t employed for this job, the casting brokers advised her she ought to try a modeling company. However not till he obtained some contact sheets and a haircut, which was coincidentally executed by McMillan.
Jessica Alba on the duvet of Girls’s Well being, January/February 2021.
“Chris McMillan gave me the Friends reduce and I obtained house and my hair was to right here,” she stated motioning to her shoulder. “I had these like large layers and I used to be dying. I used to be like ‘oh my god, that is so wonderful!’ I beloved it a lot.”
However not everybody was thrilled with the brand new ‘do. “My dad was like ‘you’re grounded. I didn’t let you know you may reduce your hair.’ I used to be like ‘mother was with me. Mother let me do it. That is for work.’”
Regardless that she blamed it on work, she admits she was the unique instigator of getting the look. “In the meantime, I used to be like, ‘reduce it off please.’”
Shortly then after, McMillan turned one of many greatest names within the Hollywood beauty industry. “Then Chris McMillan turned the largest factor ever,” she stated. “And I used to be one of many first to get that Associates reduce.” She even notes that it booked her numerous catalogue work!
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