Yet, what caught Henry’s attention was Anne Boleyn’s fashionable French hood, a curved hood that showed a women’s forehead and parting. In fact, the change in hairstyles were culturally and politically significant! During the reign of Henry VIII’s first wife Catherine of Aragon, the women wore stiff gable hoods, which covered the whole of head. In England’s Tudor period, the women wore modest hair coverings at all times. Portrait of Simonetta Vespucci as Cleopatra or Perspehone, c.1490, Piero Cosimo, Source - Wikimedia Commons
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This eroticism was emphasised in Renaissance paintings with mythological subject matter, especially in the Italian Renaissance portraits, where the hair is either free flowing, beautifully braided and embellished with gemstones or with small hair coverings that would only cover the crown of the head. Because of this connotation with modesty, showing hair was deemed erotic. Whether a simple cloth or elaborate heavy brocade, wearing a veil was integral to a women’s hairstyles. Roman women did wear a form of veil, yet as the years progressed into the Medieval and Renaissance, it was custom to have your hair covered for modesty at all times. This meant that many women wore wigs to bolster their appearance.
Then lengths of coiled braids were positioned underneath to help secure the hair in place.Īs can be expected, these extravagant hairstyles meant that women (especially older women) had thin, dry and damaged hair. Tight curls were piled high on the top of the head and secured with wool. Flavian & Antoine - These were most flamboyant and remembered hairstyles from the Roman period.This was where the hair was parted into three with two strands secured into a bun and the third strand was secured on the top of the head in a looped style. Nodu - This style came into fashion during the Augustan period, as women serving within Augustus’s household wore this style.This is where the hair is divided and piled high into a bun and purple wool is used to secure the hair. Tutulus - An Etruscan style worn by the matriarch of the family.The different kinds of Roman hairstyles were: And, in actual fact, “natural” hair actually showed a person’s lack of culture.įonseca Bust (Showing the Ancient Roman Flavian hairstyle), Source - Musei Capitolini With this in mind, comfort and naturalism took a backseat. Upper class Roman women were known to have lengthy grooming sessions and was a leisure pursuit amongst cultured and elegant women. Plus, it wasn’t just the hair itself, but the art of creating the hairstyle was in itself respected. Essentially the bigger and more towering hairstyles the better! An elaborate and finely tuned coiffure was an indication of a person’s social standing, their expression of personal identity, their profession, and age. Surviving busts from ancient Rome alludes as to how incredible their hair was. Hairstyles Through Timeįrom as far back as ancient Rome, having the best hair amongst your friends was a must! It is no secret that the ancient Romans were obsessed with themselves, and having incredible hair was just another way that they can indulge in their inner hubris!
So if you don’t know your clips from your grips, or it just boggles your mind as to HOW they secured those chignons without the invention of hairspray (hairspray was invented in 1948), then keep on reading. This blog will not only show you what the different kinds of vintage and antique hair accessories there were, but also we will show which hairstyles were in vogue in each period, dating all the way back to ancient civilisations when the first hair accessories were found! Today, hair accessories are huge! From oversized resin and plastic clips to padded headbands, easy scrunchies and bejewelled 90’s style hair grips, it is clear that accessorising your hair today was just as important as it was in the days of yore! Georgian Cut Steel Hair Crescent Pin, Source - Lillicoco Sold But how exactly did they do that? Well, let’s take a look at antique hair accessories! This blog post has been inspired by a (now sold!) Georgian cut steel moon and star barrette, a piece that was incredibly captivating and is now at a very lucky forever home! From elaborate coiffures to romantic tendrils, having beautiful well-kept and styled hair was paramount if you were anyone important. In the Victorian and Georgian era, it was a truth universally acknowledged that you simply could not have a bad hair day.
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