A four-year-old was left in tears after being banned from her annual school photograph because of her eye-catching coiffure.
Marcella Marino arrived to have her picture taken with fellow pupils only to be told that her long blonde hair, which was fashioned into a bow, did not adhere to the dress code.
Her hairdresser father, responsible for the updo, said he was shocked by the decision and that he was aiming for a 'simple but elegant style'.
The father-of-two, who owns Marcello’s Hair Salon in Ramsgate, Kent, said his daughter had asked him to make her hair ‘like a princess’ for the school photo at her reception class.
But when she arrived at the 210-pupil school she was told her hairstyle breached the dress policy, which outlaws braided hair.
Mr Marino, 42, said he was ‘shocked’ when his daughter returned home to tell him the news.
He said: 'Marcella asked me if I could do her hair like a princess for the school photo and I came up with a simple but elegant style, using her hair to make a bow.
'I thought it looked wonderful and Marcella loved it, but when she went for the school photo she was told she wasn’t allowed to wear her hair in that style because of the dress code.'
