Are you thrilled with Alba's change, though? Not quite, our voters said. Three-fourths of them preferred Alba's look longer in our week-long question (6-2). Hair Fans were split on a similar cut in 2021, but preferred length in 2009. No one gave an explanation either way this time - and this admittedly is a tough call for us. The long style probably is easier to keep in line. But Alba tempts us with attractive arrangements which seem dangerously close to falling out of line. Since her Instagram profile says, "I play make believe for a living," could we please join her in that - perhaps a hair wrestling match, like the Dark Angel used to have?

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Who was your favorite in the era of "Wilson Phillips" - especially your hair favorite? Chynna Phillips had the fun-looking short cut which sometimes seemed dramatically at the edge of dropping, yet never did. Wendy Wilson had the mid-length cut which balanced the group musically, but seemed ordinary to us. Then there was Carnie Wilson, the plus-size singer with bangs which seemed very hard to muss. Carnie still has the singing voice to make her a star. But at age 58, the bangs apparently are in the distant past. These days, she makes hair news with her color. She was brunette (at least to our eyes) when the group first made it big. More recently, she was a redhead for seven years. But Carnie declared on social media in July that it was time to add "just a little bit of honey" to the look.