LATE VICTORIAN HAIRSTYLE

CLASS NOTES

Similarities to Early Victorian = curls

Differences to Early Victorian = looser curls, fall lower down the head, at the back of head instead of front, fringes have come into fashion, more elaborate, accessories were used to separate the hair, very short curly fringes or even swept out to the side.

1870-80

The hats have changed from being bonnets to more elaborate hats.

1880

Curls, plaits, basic structure = decoration on top

1861-65

American late Victorian styles in magazines

Texture = extra volume, RING RACKING

Late Victorians loved hair pieces. 

Alice Liddell - Alice in Wonderland 1865

Practical

In this lesson we learnt how to create a simple late Victorian hairstyle using heated hair rollers. I had to practice on a Katy head because there were an odd number in our class. The first step was the separate the hair into sections. I created a clean middle parting and separated each side into four sections. I rolled two across the head and the other two down the side of the face. I pinned the rollers in so they would cool and stay in the curls. I then moved onto the back. I separated a section at the crown of the head and tied it into a pony tail, followed by putting the lower section in a pony tail but leaving a thin layer of hair at the bottom loose. I then used a curling wand to curl both the pony tails and the loose hair. Once curled - I then pinned all of the curls into the centre of the head at the back to look like a long pony tail, whilst covering the hair bands. I took out the rollers which left the hair in tight curls. The curls at the side I pulled back and pinned into the pony tail at the back, whilst the ones at the front i brushed together and pinned them back creating two slight quiffs at the front to give it a Victorian look. I am very happy with how my look turned out and would love to try this on real human hair in the future.