In “Diana: Queen of Style” (via InsiderSam McKnight, Princess Diana’s hairdresser, described her decision to cut off her hair as an impulse, but collaborative effort. The haircut came shortly after Diana and McKnight met on the set for a Vogue photoshoot in 1990, McKnight told British VogueApril
McKnight pulled the hair of the princess under the tiara to create the iconic shots. Diana asked McKnight, after the shoot, what he would do with her hair if it was possible. “I could sense that she wanted to change. I said I’d just cut it all off. Cut it all off and start again. So she said ‘Ok, let’s do it,'”McKnight stated this in the documentary, per Insider. He told British Vogue that he was able to do it immediately after she asked. The pixie cut was born. “We never looked back,”He said.
In “Diana In Her Own Words” (via VogueThe documentary, which features interviews by Diana herself, is called “The Turning Point in My Life”. When asked by a friend to pinpoint the moment when she was born, Diana replied that it was “the turning point in my life.” “victim to victor,”Diana made the decision to trim her hair again. “I suppose last summer when Sam cut my hair differently, it let out something quite different,” Diana said. McKnight observed that after learning this, Diana said. “hair is so powerful.”