Hairstyles

Video: A method of dressing the hair with tapes for the Elizabetha n working woman. U-tube link

When looking at manuscript s from the later half of the 14th century you can see lots of women wearing veils of different kinds and shapes, but also ladies without veils - wearing their hair up in different braided styles. My attempt here is to recreate some of the hairstyles using both myself and my lovely mother Annette as models.

Identifies different types of women's hairstyles and headdresses in depictions of Venetian women of the 15th and 16th centuries.

Some of the finds related to Huldremose Woman, Emmer-Erfscheidenveen Man, and the bog bodies from Søgårds Mose and Grewelthorphe Moor.

Combs, mostly in antler, bone, wood, or ivory, from period depictions and extant examples. Includes illustrations of hair-combing.

Subjects covered in this issue: hairstyles for men in 1476; a few 15th century recipes; illustrations of buckets, lanterns, boxes, cooking utensils, and personal goods; and mottoes.

Subjects covered in this issue: women's clothing, headdresses, and hairstyles in the late 15th century; and benches, chairs, and stools.

The developmen t and possible constructi on of men's and women' s headdresse s of this time, primarily those of France and those countries with immediate French contact: England, Germany, and the Low Countries. Due to a paucity of extant evidence, the majority of research concerns representa tions in illustrati on or sculpture.

A summary of accessorie s for outfits for Italian women in the early 16th century.

A hairstyle to wear under a veil and wimple, and how to attach the veil and wimple.

The history of men's hairstyles, and how they have been influenced by political and religious figures.

I have found that for the ‘just stepped out of a painting’ effect, you generally need to address what you are going to do with the top of your head. For many locations and time periods, this means considerin g what sort of hat or veil you should wear. For middle to late 16th century Italy, it means that you need to figure out how to dress your hair.

How to create hairstyles from Italian ladies' portraits from the middle to late 16th century.

This is a style of wearing the hair bound to the head with ribbon or "tape," or with a benda (a length of silk or linen veil used for covering, wrapping round or intertwining with the hair).

Pictures and a method for Italian Renaissance hair-lacing.

On medieval barbers.

Aspects of female beauty routine and cosmetics, as we find them in medieval sources (mainly the Trotula). Includes notes on daily wash, deodorant, hair care, hair removal, dental hygiene, nailcare, ear spoons, decorative cosmetics, and sun screen.

Hairstyles - Braids - Cornettes - Ramshorns - European Style - False Hairpieces and Wigs - Hairnets - Eyebrows and Hairline

Class handout for a class on recreating the fashionabl e hairstyles of 12th century Western European court ladies. Instructio nal material and historical background .

Links to related articles.

A simple updo especially well-suited for wearing under Renaissance headdressses.

Philip Stubbes started writing around 1581 producing small tracts in which he sharply denounced the manners, pastimes, fashions and culture in England. His major work, The Anatomie of Abuses, was first published in 1583.

P hilip Stubbes had a gift for keen observatio n. Although his comments should not be considered to reveal mainstream thought or opinions of the time, (even his contempora ries thought him extreme) his virulent attacks on the abuses in fashion and English society provide us with a detailed, colorful and picturesqu e glimpse into the England of Shakespear e's youth.

A popular fourteenth -century veil style is to have a pair of plaits framing your face which are visible under your veil.

Instructions for creating a padded hairstyle and a frizzed hairstyle.

Presents women's hairstyles and headdresses from the Vikings, the 12th century Normans, the 13th century (Maciejowski Bible), and the 14th-16th centuries.