Elena Gilbert may have ditched her humanity. But not her flare for fashion!

While The Vampire Diaries Season 4 returns on March 14 with "Bring It On," The CW has released new photos from the subsequent Thursday installment, "Because the Night."

And they depict a confident, dazzling new Elena, one with pink streaks in her hair and a mischievous smile on her face. Click through the images now and look forward to an episode that will also flash viewers back to Damon (and Lexi!) in 1970s New York...

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