Lady Diana's iconic cuts, 6 hairstyles that drove us crazy - Lifestyle

Lady Diana Spencer died 25 years ago, still a style icon today.

To remember her, here are the curiosities around Diana's six hairstyles that still today, with some nuances, continue to make school in the world of hair styling.

To retrace the steps, methods of implementation and advice + Cosimo Mazzeo, owner of the salon of the same name registered on the Treatwell portal.

Short bob with frayed (1980) and full fringe (1981)

In the months of her engagement with Carlo, Diana's look is the typical - but sophisticated - one of an English girl just twenty years old: sporty chic and jaunty, perhaps also thanks to the medium-short cut with parade bangs, perfect for framing her young face, still oval and a little "chubby".

A turning point in life, but not so much in hair style, is the royal wedding in 1981. For the big day, the helmet remains XS with the tuft just moved to the side and fuller, an ideal accessory to balance the shapes of the face. especially if long and square, with the optical effect of shortening it.

1985-1986: wavy and fluffy wispy bob

In the middle of the 80s, Lady D shows herself to the now conquered public opinion with what will become the symbolic cut of that era: the wispy bob, a voluminous and wavy pixie brushed back.

To recreate this hairstyle at home, one cannot neglect the styling techniques of those years dictated by the inseparable duo "helmet and curlers", the result of which were hyper-defined and scenographic waves that in 2022, perhaps, are a bit old-fashioned .

What never goes out of fashion, however, is the wavy effect that today can be achieved with much more innovative tools, from high-tech curling irons to adhesive curlers, obviously without forgetting the expert hands of your trusted hairdressers.

To fix the styling for a longer or shorter time, both mousses and texturizing spray lotions are excellent.

1987-1988: passion for accessories

Diana was and always will be the most fashionista and anti-conformist acquisition of the Royal Family and from which inspiration is still drawn today to make a look memorable and always elegant.

Unforgettable details such as the necklace with the initial, the extravagant sunglasses, the bold tights, up to the hair accessories such as silk flowers, the iconic 40's style headband with a punk reinterpretation and the shaped clip. of glittery star.

All supplements aimed at embellishing a hair with a color that is already unique in itself: the natural ash blonde.

In the 1980s, the golden base was enhanced with highlights in bonnets and crochet, a technique then surpassed over time by tricotage, or streaks made with silver paper.

1990: pixie cut with bangs

The pixie cut is the jaunty cut - "elf" in English - and with a slightly garçonne taste of the 20s that crowned the image of the elegant and never snobbish woman that was Diana.

Strong trend in the 90s, today the pixie is revised, not so much in the cutting technique, but in the styling that focuses on creating a soft and shiny hair texture.

Practical, but above all versatile, this solution can be modulated according to the characteristics of each face and personal tastes, of course.

For those with a rounder face, choosing to combine it with an important tuft can prove to be a trick to optically thin the roundness, as well as, for the more square shapes, a marked scaling is able to soften the more angular features of the face.

1995: flipped hairstyle and wet effect

Short cut with upturned tips and wet effect are the looks sported by the princess after closing an important chapter of her life marked by divorce.

Two rather subversive styles brought back into vogue today with, respectively, the mullet 2.0, less rock and more urban, and the soft and natural wet effect.

If for the first one you can only rely on scissors and qualified hands, in the wet there is some margin for a successful do-it-yourself.

In addition to the condition of the hair that must be cleaned and rinsed from any possible residue of shampoo and conditioner, the secret is to gently spread the gel between your hands and apply it on the semi-dry strands, pass a smoothing oil to give shine to the hairstyle and finally leave dry your hair naturally.

1996-1997: short and smooth yoke with French fringe

The last images before the sad farewell portray Diana with a mini bob with fringe, a hair of timeless elegance, thanks to the extra short lengths at jaw height and the tidy tuft.

She immediately becomes bon ton, and in fact falls into the family of French bobs, the cut with a messy appearance but in reality studied in detail, customizable according to the volumes and symmetries calculated on the entire upper part of the figure.