Historical Hairdressing - Joan Lennon

I've never had masses and masses of hair to experiment with.  And, as a mother of sons, I haven't had a lot of opportunity to play with other people's hair, either. (Two of them do have masses and masses of hair - they just don't trust me fiddling about with it.)  So I find Janet Stephens' videos on how to recreate hairstyles from archaeological and artistic evidence absolutely riveting.

Here are a few, to whet your historical hairdressing appetite (there are plenty more on Youtube):

Hairstyle of a young Roman girl 40 BCE, 

based on a relief sculpture 

in the Meseo Centrale Montemartini in Rome

Roman Orbis Comarum or Circle of Hair style,

late 1st century CE

15th Century CE hairstyle, 

based on images in the Nuremberg Chronicles

Now, if I can just get my boys to sit still ...

Joan Lennon's website.
Joan Lennon's blog.
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