Cheryl Fernandez-Versini Goes For The Chop...And We Love It

Cheryl Fernandez-Versini has stunned us all this morning with her new short hair style

Cheryl Fernandez-Versini
Cheryl Fernandez-Versini
(Image credit: Instagram/Cheryl Fernandez-Versini)

Cheryl Fernandez-Versini has stunned us all this morning with her new short hair style

NEWSFLASH: Cheryl Fernandez-Versini has gone for the chop and her @cherylofficial Instagram pictures this morning have got us all reaching for the scissors.

Cheryl's daring new look is a dramatic departure away from her usual long, glossy-brown locks. What's more, the 31-year-old pop-star looks sensational.

Taking her cue from the catwalk's love-affair with all things Seventies this season, Cheryl commented on her Instagram snap enthusing: 'I

The singer's previous shot teased her fans with a pair of scissors with a tantalising caption that read: 'Long over due...'

The hairdresser himself, Percy & Reed's Paul Percival, has now given the insider knowledge on Cheryl's amazing '70s grad'. Beginning with how it actually happened...

'We were backstage in Cheryl's dressing room', he reveals, 'and we both knew the look we wanted to create.'

After just half-an-hour of cutting 'Cheryl had a completely new look. I wanted to give Cheryl a cut that was feminine and sexy and almost an easy, 'ready to go' cut...The cut is subtly graduated with a shaggier texture. It's got a slight 70's, Joan Jett texture that keeps it cool.'

Cheryl Fernandez-Versini isn't the first celeb to join the bob-brigade recently, with Rosie Huntington-Whiteley nailing a super-chic longer-bob.

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