Victorian Hair

Early Victorian hair was between the years 1837-1900. Victorian hairstyles are usually seen as the early and the late victorian hair. This was a dramatic change from the dramatic eighteenth century as hair in the nineteenth century became more sleek and the middle parting represented this era. It was said that Queen Victoria took away girlhood hairstyles and brought in old age with her styles. Even though this was said she was the queen and everybody would want follow her hairstyles as they thought it was what represented the higher class. Early victorian hairstyles can be recognised from the very famous middle parting and the apollo bun which was considered to be pre-Victorian.

The hair was very symmetrical as it had the middle parting and tight curls. Hair from each side of the middle parting would be looped back to the bun. This would be the plait or the twist loop. However, late Victorian hair was a slightly more changed version of the early style. The tight curls started getting looser. The hair was flat from the sides of the head and the hair had height that sat in the middle and top of the head. The middle parting was still kept through as this represented the victorian era as a whole. The height in the hair was also the representation of the middle class as it showed that they have the power and the working class still had the early victorian hair.

Ref:
Bryer R, 2000. The History of Hair: Fashion and Fantasy Down The Ages. Philip Wilson, London