Tuesday 16 February 2016

Late Victorian hair 1860-1890


Notes 

-Curls are looser, curls are moved to the back of the head
-Women loved decoration in the hair
-Late Victorian women wore elaborate hats 
-Centre partings, short, curled hair and fringes were popular
-Decorative updo hairstyles were common
-Structured plaits were introduced also

1873 -1880 
-Roses adorned in the hair 
-Hair was pulled back at the sides 
-curls and ringlets were created at the back of the hair 

1961-65
-Centre partings, buns and plaited hair was popular
-Hair was still styled away from the face, the backs of the hair still pulled to the sides
-More began to wear more practical hairstyles in response to the war

-Women wrapped hair around fabric and slept in their hairstyle to add and maintain texture into the hair 
-Women began to wear hair pieces to fill out and style elaborate hairstyles
-Alice Viddal (Alice in Wonderland) was Lewis Carrolls muse/ Good example of a virgin fringe 
-`Daniel Deronda by George Elliot 
-BBC Series (good hair styling inspired by Late Victorian Century) 
-Women wrote books under a mans name in order to be taken seriously (George Elliot)
- 61-65 Major general Ambrose Civil war general (origin of side burns/mutton chops derived from his prominent hairstyles)
Charles Dickens - Born 1812 - died 58
1870 Charles Dickens image 
(Look into his facial hair history)

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