If you hadn't heard of 'Jon & Kate Plus Eight' a few months ago, chances are you've heard of it now. What started out as a lighthearted TLC reality show about Jon and Kate Gosselin and their two sets of multiples -- sextuplets and twins -- has turned into a grisly study of divorce, infidelity and our nation's nasty tabloid culture. The family has fallen apart before America's very eyes. There's one thing, however, that has refused to falter, refused to wilt, refused to budge even an inch in the face of domestic tragedy. That thing is Kate Gosselin signature hairdo.

"Everybody wants it," the mom of eight told Entertainment Weekly in May. " It's work. I have very, very thick hair, so it's not going to work for everybody. ... My stylist gets calls from all across the country."

While Gosselin -- and several entertainment journalists worldwide -- seems to think her hairstyle is a one-of-a-kind, in-demand Gosselin original, I'm going to have to disagree. Very few blonde reality stars might be rockin' the Kate, but it's a style that I've seen black women wearing for years and years. I mean, years. And several black celebrities (see Ciara's new short 'do) have been stepping out in a similar style recently with hardly the same amount of fanfare and publicity.

After the jump, check out some of Gosselin's celebrity hair twins. Who wears it better?

Entertainers like Tina Turner have been performing in a wigs for decades, but the lace front wig, which allows for a natural-looking part in the hair, has really taken black Hollywood by storm. Beyoncé has been the lace front wig's biggest and most famous fan (or offender, depending on how you feel about lace fronts) and has taken flack from bloggers in the past for being snapped with a visible lace or wig glue along her hairline.

Perhaps in response to criticism, Miss Knowles and her famous colleagues have stepped up their wig game. But that doesn't mean they've abandoned the lace front. See if you can spot the wig-loving stars in our gallery.

While American men spend huge amounts of their hard-earned money in the often-futile quest of preventing baldness, some famous female celebrities are breaking out the razors and going either fully or partially bald.

Most recently, Solange Knowles came under fire from some of her more conservative fans after she showed off her closely cropped 'do on the street last week.

Even babies are getting in on the trend. Melanie "Scary Spice" Brown recently gave Angel Murphy, her daughter with Eddie Murphy, an edgy Mohawk. But you know how they say fashion is cyclical? Mohawks have been around for decades, and women like Grace Jones have been rockin' a fierce bald head since before razor-happy stars like Solange, Cassie and Rihanna were born.

Click through our photo gallery to see some of the famous ladies (and kids) who have made bald beautiful over the years.