This Runway Model’s Unibrow Will Make You Put Down the Tweezers Forever

Forget the overplucked, pencil-thin brows of the naughties. Leave those Sharpie-drawn lines in the past. Big brows—the original hirsute form of face contour—have been gaining momentum in recent years and, now, lovers of the extra-bushy look are officially in luck: A head-turning take on natural brows that bordered on unkept made a cameo at Gucci’s Fall 2018 show. Two models, wearing reworked incarnations of a hijab that drew fresh focus to the face, walked the house’s runway with unibrows that had been shaded in with makeup to spectacular effect.

While many may be heralding the Gucci-minted beauty statement as a trend in the making, the unibrow isn’t a new look—in fact, it has ancient origins and is still present in a number of countries and cultures. In the Central Asian country of Tajikistan, for instance, women have long considered the unibrow highly desirable—and when eyebrows aren’t naturally connected, they may darken the area high on the bridge of the nose to emulate one. Recently, Deepika Padukone—one of India’s highest paid actresses—sparked controversy when she sported a unibrow to play Queen Rani Padmavati, who, centuries ago, also made the feature her signature. Instagram sensation Sophia Hadjipanteli of Greece has amassed more than 150,000 followers thanks to regular displays of her unibrow—and has even prompted the hashtag #unibrowmovement. And of course, there is Frida Kahlo, the artist who is synonymous with a single bold brow. Reason enough to put down the tweezers for good.