- In 1953 a young Audrey Hepburn made her Hollywood debut in the classic movie "Roman Holiday." She portrayed Princess Ann, a royal beauty bored with her duties and all the gatekeepers bound to keep her in a luxurious but regimented confinement. During a stop in Rome, Princess Ann impulsively makes a break for it. She celebrates this new-found independence by abandoning her long, regal tresses with a dramatic, pixie haircut. The difference was striking. Audrey would go on to sport this look successfully in other features like the equally classic "Sabrina."
- The British Invasion of the 1960s had a profound impact on fashion, hairstyles and culture thanks to the popularity of "anything goes" Mod influence. British model Twiggy was named "The Face of 1966," and her super short hairstyle perfectly matched her waif-like figure. This picture of youth and freedom to be an individual influenced young girls on both sides of the pond thanks to her appearances in American magazines like "Vogue," "Newsweek" and "Harper's Bazaar."
- Like Audrey before her, Halle Berry trademarked a super short pixie look as part of her celebrity brand. She wore it short and sweet as the love interest of Eddie Murphy in 1992's "Boomerang." Thanks to her super short pixie cut --- and an orange bikini --- she stepped out of the ocean and into James Bond history in 2002's "Die Another Day." In 2002 she donned leather to portray Catwoman, and her co-star Sharon Stone likewise mirrored Halle's spiky, pixie cut.
- Alecia Moore, otherwise known as singer Pink, has always marched to the beat of her own drum. Pink rocks the pixie hairstyle with an attitude all her own. From the moment she hit the stage her hairstyle shares her own fearless independence. She's worn it cropped and hot pink, she's worn it spiky and platinum blond. She's gone dark, she's kept it light, but always kept her edge.