"Star Wars": the hairstyle of Princess Lei was inspired by the Mexican revolutionary

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Franchise "Star Wars" first appeared in front of the audience in 1977 and since then does not lose its popularity. One of the main characters of the debut film was the Princess Lei (Carrie Fisher), especially remembered viewers thanks to an interesting hairstyle. As it turned out, a whole story is connected with it.

As George Lucas told in one of his long-time interviews, he had to work as an image of Lei did not associate with any fashionable trend, and ultimately, the Mexican revolutionary Clara de la Roca became inspiration.

At the exhibition dedicated to the "Star Wars", held in 2016 in the Denver Art Museum, the Princess Lee was allocated a separate stand, it was possible to see false beams of hair, which were used for the Fisher Grima, as well as the photograph of the revolutionary. And the similarity of hairstyles is denyy.

Clara died in 1970, just 7 years before the release of the first film "Star Wars", and their common with Lee clearly was not only addiction to hair styling. Princess, like her prototype, fought for freedom, enhancing a fight with the Galactic Empire, and then with the first Order. And at least Leia was not a Jedi, like her brother Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill), its contribution to the uprising and resistance was invaluable.

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