[citation needed] Pixie cuts were popularized first in the 1950s, when Audrey Hepburn wore the style in her debut film Roman Holiday (1953).
Jean Seberg also sported a pixie cut for Otto Preminger's Bonjour Tristesse (1958) and Jean-Luc Godard's Breathless (1960).
[2][3][4][5] The pixie became fashionable again in the late 1970s and 1980s, with one of its most notable wearers being the actress Jacqueline Pearce in the British TV series Blake's 7 (1978–81).
The pixie also was big in the mid 1990s, as worn by waif model Lucie de la Falaise, actress Winona Ryder, and Madonna in her world tour "The Girlie Show" (1993).
[11] Columnist Pamela Hutchinson notes that the pixie hairstyle is often portrayed in films in a negative way, usually when actors play characters that have been traumatized, imprisoned or are undergoing cancer treatment.