Xena: Warrior Princess arrived with a bang, and Lucy Lawless arrived with the bangs. Her do has become the kindest cut of the year. "I have young clients coming in all the time asking for the look," says New York City stylist Frederic Fekkai. For Lawless, 29, the clean-cut fringe is a matter of keeping what works. "I've had bangs since childhood," she says. And for swordplay, nothing could be better. "It's not a fashion statement," Lawless says. "In a good scrape, you don't want hair in your eyes."

-- reprinted from People Magazine, February 16, 1998.