Kate Winslet proves she hasn’t aged a day after recreating her iconic Iris Simpkins curls

By Lia Mappoura
09 December, 2022
Kate Winslet proves she hasn’t aged a day after recreating her iconic Iris Simpkins curls

It feels like it was only yesterday when I was huddled up on the sofa with a hot chocolate in hand, [re-]watching The Holiday and quoting Iris Simpkins' iconic "very square peg, very round hole" line (take that, Jasper). Oh, wait, it was yesterday I was doing that because, somehow, we are on a 20-day countdown to the big day.

And just when I thought things couldn't get any more nostalgic than Mr Napkin Head (IYKYK), Kate Winslet, who plays Iris in the 2006 film, stepped out onto the 'Avatar The Way of Water' photocall red carpet wearing her hair in those memorable movie curls.


Oh, and if that wasn't enough to get you feeling sentimental, Google tells me that the actor was 30 years old at the time of filming but I find that hard to believe seeing as she looks *exactly* the same then as she does today. I mean, how, just how is she 47, please?!

Defying the laws of ageing aside (I mean, we all don't have a glam squad and the best of the best beauty treatments on hand), can we take a mo' for the tendrils? Not only is the style the same as the one worn in the film's closing scene but the rich, warm, honey blonde tone is identical, too. Perhaps it's the Y2K combover side part that's instigating the flashbacks...

Maybe if I recreate this look, my very own Jude Law will come knocking on my door this Christmas. I am a journo, after all, so, I guess we're already halfway there to living the Iris Simpkins fantasy... a girl can wish, hey?

Credit: Cosmopolitan
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