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Oscar de la Renta has taken credit for planting the haircut seed in Hillary Clinton's famously-coiffed head. In an interview with Linda Fargo in Gotham Magazine, he explains:
I told her a while back [when she was Secretary of State] she should cut her hair. She said she couldn't do it then because when she arrived in a foreign country and asked for a hairdresser, Homeland Security would have to check the person out. [Editor's note: With long hair, she could style it herself.] But doesn't she look fantastic now?Now you know it probably wasn't Anna.
· Linda Fargo Interviews Oscar de la Renta [Gotham]
· Hold Up Guys: Hillary Clinton Changed Her Hair [Racked]