Bella Hadid is debuting a platinum blonde look, which she revealed in an Instagram carousel after spending Saturday, Nov. 7, at the Colorado Avalanche game in Denver. The Avs were hosting their annual Hockey Fights Cancer night with UCHealth, honoring six cancer warriors, and Hadid was in the stands cheering alongside Nathan Lacy, who shows up in more than a few of her selfies.
According to W Magazine, this is the blondest Hadid’s hair has ever been, and the color comes with a chop to match. Her once dirty-blonde hair now grazes her shoulders in a bright, icy shade with no lowlights in sight, which feels like the natural next step for someone who has been inching lighter for more than a year. She first traded her signature brunette for blonde last year, and since then we’ve watched her go from the honey blonde she debuted at Cannes in May 2025 to longer blonde lengths, so a full platinum moment felt inevitable. (Worth noting: it’s unclear at the time of writing whether the new shade is a fresh dye job or a wig.)
As for the man in the photos, Hadid has been linked to Lacy since February, when the two were photographed together at Milan Fashion Week, but this is the first time she’s posted him so openly on her main feed. The pair can be seen cuddling and laughing together throughout the carousel, and fans were quick to call it a relationship hard launch, with one commenter declaring a “new aesthetic unlocked.” Lacy is based in Crested Butte, Colorado, where he is involved with his family’s ranch and works at the family’s construction company, and the two reportedly met through his sister Rachael Lacy, who is a close friend of Hadid’s.
The new hair also slots right into the Western Americana look Hadid has been perfecting over the past couple of years, including since her split from cowboy Adan Banuelos earlier this year, complete with turquoise-studded jewelry and ranch boots. It’s not her first dramatic color change, either: in 2022, she went “Aspen blonde” with hairstylist Jenna Perry.
If you’re tempted to follow her lead, going platinum from a darker base is a real commitment that can take more than one salon visit, so it’s worth booking a consultation with a colorist who specializes in blonding before you take the plunge. And if you’d rather borrow her style without the bleach, her go-to slicked-back hair hack is a much lower-maintenance place to start.
