R&B star Ciara's new cropped look has landed the singer in a lot of trouble with her ex-stylist.

Shirlena Allen insists the hitmaker's hot new hairdo is all thanks to a wig Ciara has yet to return to her - and the style queen is still awaiting payment for her work on the singer's image a year ago.

In a furious email to website Bossip.com, Allen rages, "The wig used and work (done) on the photo shoot, she (Ciara) doesn't even want to pay me for it. She's a year behind all of it. I ask for the wig back a year ago, she says she cant find it (sic)."

Ciara posted her 'new' look on her Twitter.com page, and Allen is demanding credit.

She adds, "We spent hours trying to find this child a look and she still bites... Now she looks like a knock off."

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