All of those [blond Sylvia Plath] photos come from a single summer—1954, Sylvia’s “platinum” summer—when she briefly died her hair lighter and posed in a white bikini top and shorts for her boyfriend. It was an act of purposeful reinvention following her 1953 annus horribilis (NYC Mademoiselle internship, first documented suicide attempt, shock therapy). Later, preparing to return to college, she dyed her hair dark again.
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u/vince_vanGoNe Jul 28 '26
She was blonde?!