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Hair by Sam McKnight

Rizzoli has published a new book by award-winning, hair stylist extraordinaire, Sam McKnight.



In “Hair,” McKnight highlights some of his most famous coifs and shares the secrets behind them, from Princess Diana’s gamine crop to Kate Moss’s rock-chick bedhead.



This cut for Diana, Princess of Wales created by McKnight, was one that women suddenly wanted - you saw it everywhere. The iconic image of "Lady Di" in a black turtleneck with short hair, resting her chin on her hands, was the Vogue magazine cover in December 1991.

“She had just stopped biting her nails and was so proud of how they looked!”




Kate Moss and McKnight have done 30 Vogue covers together — including this shot, by photographer Nick Knight. But there was one that almost went awry. They flew to St Barts for three days and the airline lost McKnight’s luggage with all his styling tools, so he had to improvise.

“I found a spray bottle at the hotel, filled it with sea water and used that, along with a bit of backcombing, to give Kate a beachy Bardot look. You couldn’t tell and, indeed, salt sprays became a popular way of getting a beachy look a few years later!”




When this picture was taken, Cindy Crawford was just about the most famous model in the world.

With this 1993 look, McKnight wanted to take her away from the all-American big hair she was known for — and she rose gamely to the challenge of this side-swept, masculine style.

“Back in those days, there wasn’t anything like the number of products we have today — we used a solution of sugar and water, or even Coca-Cola, to get hair to stay put! It would have been utterly impractical in real life — you’d have wasps buzzing around — but, for shoots, it was perfect.”

And if you’re in London, England from now through 12 March 2017, visit Somerset House for a major exhibition celebrating Sam McKnight's remarkable 40-year career from the late 1970s to the current day.

Pick up your copy in our gift shop!

required reading

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Required Reading

Always seeking to be on top of my game, as you can see, I've been doing my homework over the holiday.

Here is a selection from my newly checked out Mr. Kenneth's Complete Book of Hair. (much better than Mr. Kenneth's Partial Book of Hair, by the way.)

Mandatory Reading

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Fun and educational.   Do you want your kids learning about wigs on the street?

Standard Reading Material

Look at this lovely gem that showed up in my mailbox today!

HHOF Book Club selection for July

Hair in Funny Places

Tease Me!

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