^ yeah, the long hair emphasized her next-to-perfect features and added balance to her body. One would think a pixie would provide even a better frame for such face but turns out a broad-ish chest and short-ish neck is now stealing the show so most clothes look oddly proportioned even when they're not. At least to me.
Perhaps it's also just the style she went for, which is very awkward teenage boy in 1998. Hopefully she'll let it grow again, it will probably start to look good even as a very short bob.
L'express set is definitely the best she's looked since she cut it.