Early Victorian Hair Designs and History
Early Victorian was from 1830-1860
Early Victorian was from 1830-1860
- When Queen Victoria took to the throne 1837-1901 (The longest reigning Queen in History)
Portrait reference:
Etsy (2004) 1820-40 - fashion in art. Available at: https://uk.pinterest.com/pin/256001560041883936/ (Accessed: 25 April 2016).
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- (Etsy, 2004)
These styles were pre-victoria on the throne, where they had a long neck with a lot of neck, shoulders and chest exposed making them look prolonged, making them look elegant.
Portrait Reference:
File: Lampi portrait einer jungen frau 1830.jpg - Wikimedia commons (1751) Available at: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lampi_Portrait_einer_jungen_Frau_1830.jpg (Accessed: 25 April 2016).
Inline Citations:
- (File: Lampi portrait einer jungen frau 1830.jpg - Wikimedia commons, 1751)
They also wore a lot of hats and styling there hair so the style would fit/ work with the hat, making the sides of there her curled or facial hair covering the sides of their cheeks. As time went on the hair became looser with the curls, not so structured but still structure in place, bonnets ladies wore, they still had the fixed, neat centre parting in place and same style just less hard looking to the eye.
After Queen Victoria took the throne and years went by, the hair became lower, hair became flat to the head such as plaited buns tightly pinned to the sides of the head and plaits below ears, there was still a tidy look but not as precise as it was.
Men's hair-
Fluffy side burns, a lot of facial hair, it was popular back in the victorian times, but looked very tidy and I believe they used small hot tongs to curl their facial hair, making the curls very tight to their face.
The side parting of the hair was popular, sleek with great accuracy of the parting to the side, they took the time to consider the hat within their hair style so with 'hat hair' their hair would still look how they wanted it to look when taking the hat off. They tended to make their hair fluffy, bigger on top where the hat is placed and neat else where.
Portrait reference:
Pegs and ’Tails (no date) 19th century fashion. Available at: https://uk.pinterest.com/pin/384987468120993368/ (Accessed: 25 April 2016).
Inline Citations:
- (Pegs and ’Tails, no date)
Both men and women looked after their hair and style during this era, this was the era where they washed, because of the industrial revolution coming in action, making hot water more accessible and common to bathe in; they were able to access more resources.
When looking through the men's styles back in the 19th century, I feel this could be carried out by men these days and looks very trendy in the modern day and found the interesting as they were wearing their hair similar to styles worn today.
29, R. (2015) 19th century hair and accessories. Available at: https://uk.pinterest.com/marleydunnit/19th-century-hair-and-accessories/ (Accessed: 22 April 2016).
Inline Citations:
- (29, 2015)
zertifiziert, F. (no date) Queen Victoria (1819-1901) - Franz Xaver Winterhalter als Kunstdruck oder handgemaltes Gemälde. Available at: http://www.kunstkopie.de/a/winterhalter-franz-xaver/queen-victoria-1819-1901-1-2.html (Accessed: 22 April 2016).
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- (zertifiziert, no date)
1830 Merry-Joseph Blondel -
(No Date) Available at: Treehttp://history-of-fashion.tumblr.com/page/357 (Accessed: 25 April 2016).
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I found this image of this young lady which I was drawn to with the tightness of the plaited bun on top of her head which is in a cone like shape. This is a good example of the early 1800's with the chest and neck on display. I love this photo because of its relaxed feel but still very elegant and feminine.
Fashionable lady, 1840's Published 12.09.2015 Daguerreotype of Grand Dame by Jean–Baptiste Sabatier–Blot, 1845-1848
http://www.costumecocktail.com/2015/09/12/fashionable-lady-1840s/
More examples of hair designs in the early 1800's, tight curls to the side of the head in a sausage like shape but tightly compacted and structure to the head. With the strong centre parting which was very popular throughout the 1800's.
History of Fashion in art -1837 Francesco Torr - Maria Teresa d'Austria-Teschen
Vidani, P. (no date) History of fashion in art & photo. Available at: http://history-of-fashion.tumblr.com/page/355 (Accessed: 25 April 2016).
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- (Vidani, no date)
Here is an image of a prime example of the exposure of the chest along with the details and embroidery. Her hair is tightly plaited at the sides which are flat to her head with her long neck creating elegance.
What we did and how...
This week we looked at early Victorian hairstyles, we had an image of Queen Victoria and resembled the look on each other; with the classic centre parting, plaited bun pinned tightly to the head with drapping plaits either side of the head tucked under the ears and finishing off into the bun at the back.
It was a classic hair style from the time of 1810-1830 and Royal hair style.
I enjoyed the simplicity of this hair style, how simple yet beautiful the hair style was.
First of all I made a centre parting, tied the hair in a high ponytail sleeked back tightly, looking very smooth and sleek.
I then sectioned the hair and created a line horizontally across the hair line and used the hair either side to create looping plaits and tied them.
I then created a classic plait, twisted it into a bun shape and pinned it down to the head, making to secure with hiding the grips in the bun; making it look tidy and neat looking. After this I looped each plait around each ear and pinned them into the plaited bun.
Here are images below of my hair design I carried out along with the slide of our homework to research into.
Helen recreating the look for us step by step during class with inspirational images of the Queen behind.
Here are images of my design I created on my model, sides, front and back images.
Image of the final look I created, with the sleeked back plaited bun, with the looping plaits at the sides, which resembles the Queens style very well.
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