When we were first introduced to Lady Diana Spencer in 1981 as Prince Charles new girlfriend , who could have guessed that her fashions and her hair style would have such a strong influence ?
When her engagement to Prince Charles was announced on February 24th 1981 and the news that they were to be married on July 29th 1981 , women all over the world all rushed to their hairdresser to ask for a Lady Di hairdo.
There were even Lady Diana look a like contests, the Daily Mirror newspaper in the UK launched a nationwide Lady Di look-alike contest .
Diana's hair was restyled for her engagement photos by Kevin Shanley a London hairdresser.
It was described in the media as a Page Boy and Diana had extra blonde highlights added to it .
For her wedding day Diana's hair was styled to fit beneath her veil and the Spencer Tiara , it was also given a much softer look.
