I Tried Original 18th Century Men's Hair Styling; How to Tutorial 

Neither confirm or deny, I am a world of mystery!

OMG the scandal !!!

More to the point, it’s a video that he filmed himself. As early John Green videos show, someone who is only filming their upper body may not necessarily bother to dress their lower body.

It was with deep sadness that I was led to understand that the betrothal of Mr Zachary Pinsent of Brighton and Miss Bernadette Banner late of New York was a foul fiction played upon us by said parties in an attempt at an ' April Fool ' jest. Your author was overjoyed at the news and then crushed by the truth of the matter...

@@NSYresearch You do know that Zach has a handsome gentleman of his own, right? 😄

Agreed

Coz dudes hairlines be fucked up lol, and a lot of guys don’t really have much hair

100% agree👍🏻

Yes oh god yes!

Yes! And make-up! Loved the BBC series Make-up: A Glamorous History, presented by make-up artist Lida Eldridge. Fascinating and weird stuff (mouse hide for eyebrows!).

I do hope that was a subtle nod to DFV 😁

And also you have a bucket load of hair powder to use up.

@@janemorrow6672 Thats a good point...

Longer hair is ALWAYS better!!

@@jonaugustus7667 - I'm completely balled - THANKS LOL

I agree. You should keep this hairstyle. It just might come back

I also noticed that. Is it the one Bernadette Banner made a while back?

@@TrappedinSLC Not the exact same one, as this one has red binding, and hers has green.

@@TrappedinSLC Sewstine made the embroidery design and the pocket kits, so a few costubers have the pockets :)

@@ragnkja ooh, you have a better memory than me for details. :D

I just watched Bernadette Banner's how to make a pocket video featuring the dumpster fire embroidery! I'm pleasantly surprised to see he also has a dumpster fire pocket😁👏👏👏

Killer cork 😂

@@pinsenttailoring 🤣🤣🤣

@@pinsenttailoring , Tip: if you ever want a modern equivalent of your cute "wig powder bellows" you could buy a plastic/rubber manual 'Baby Nasal Aspirator' and fill that with wig powder...to puff your locks. ✌🏻

@@pinsenttailoring Probably killer lead and arsenic in the historic hair powder too!

@@dcarbs2979 probably not at all, they knew such compounds were dangerous and hardly used them. I certainly haven’t seen either in any hair powder recipe.

But I didn't understand why he left his collar buttoned up so high - surely it would have been safer (less messy) to tuck it under or at least unbutton it...?

@@SarahWelstead The collar is not buttoned up. Watch a video of a Regency man getting dressed. It is the stock/cravat wrapped around his neck. As for putting the wig under the collar, if they did that, then no one could see it! The whole point of the wig was to be seen wearing expensive accessories that were in the most current style. All about conspicuous consumption.

Oh wooow yeah that makes sense now!

No. It was the peak of mens' fashion.

@@Flugkaninchen It was, after that it all started going downhill. :sadface:

No. Definitively better than anything you see around today. I don't think fashion has been as bad in history as in the last 4 decades :-(

@@Allegro11Maestoso At least formal mens' wear had never been so boring.

No, your not!! He looked straight out of a movie or romance book cover. I wish men would get out of the suits they wear...love this style of men's clothing.

Also, grooms are told not to wash their horse's mane before braiding it for competitions. 🙃

Also harder to colour.

Yes, it seems like now the wigs in that style deliberately look as if a rat has been at them in the back corner of someone’s attic for a couple decades, so seeing it done on natural hair makes it much easier to see it as a ‘modern’ style in the sense of something people actually wore and found fashionable.

One reason the fashion dies out is that a tax was levied on it; it was a luxury item and got much more expensive so it started to fade out Edit to change fax to tax

In 1795, Great Britain passed a tax on wig powder, and Whiggishly-minded folks, including the then-Prince Regent and later King George IV, decided to eschew powdered hair for short, natural hair. In solidarity with the French Revolution (in its early days).

There are a suprising number of portraits of Alexander Hamilton, who favoured several hair styles during his life; but he was wasn't a "dandy", and tended toward simpler styles which he or his valet could do in a short time, so he could get down to the Treasury Department and work on national finance. These portraits are instructive on how fashion changed during his life, and also valuable for the (simpler) American take on English and French fashion. Interesting factoid: Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand fled to the USA for 2 years to escape the guillotine during the reign of Terror. Napoleon's (and the Directory, and the restored Bourbon monarchy's future Foreign Minister and possibly the greatest diplomat who ever lived) became a good friend of Hamilton, whose portrait he kept for years over his mantlepiece back in Paris. Talleyrand was always the height of understated elegance, though he had arrived penniless in Philadelphia. . . . Prince de Talleyrand, a man of the 18th century, had a head of fine, wavy, l blonde hair which (after the Directoire period), he usually wore loose and powdered the rest of his life. He liked powder scented with ambergris ("amber"). He would tie his hair into a queue when travelling, which he did a lot when accompanying Napoleon around battlefields. As a cripple who liked his comfort, he didn't enjoy this; but prudently wore plain clothes in sober colours in hopes not to be shot at. In the 1830's, when "Old Talley" (as the Brits called him) was in his 70's and French Ambassador to England for King Louis-Phillipe, on formal occasions he still wore knee-britches and white silk stockings with black (latchet) shoes with diamond buckles and RED Heels. This was a private joke to himself, for only aristocrats who enjoyed the favour of the king wore red-heels in the reigns of Louis XIV, XV, and XVI. Red heels of course disappeared (along with the heads of the aristocrats) during the reign of terror. When he was French Ambassador to England, he was the only ancien-regime aristocrat in the world who flaunted red heels on his court shoes. For every day, working at the Embassy, he wore what was fashionable in London: long trousers, frock coats and a top hat. He continued to wear the high, starched neck cloths fashionable before the turn of the 19th century. BTW, Talleyrand was born with a right club foot, which means that on his dress shoes, his right heel had to be built up; and he always used an elegant walking stick. (When Napoleon appointed him Grand Chamberlain of France, The walking stick he used with his elaborate Court regalia was a gold-topped, spiralling ivory narwhale tusk. The man had serious style) Most days he wore a lace-up orthopaedic shoe with an iron brace up to the knee. But he had all his portraits painted as if he had normal feet. His enemies called him "The lame devil", but his limp and ugly club foot didn't prevent him from being being notoriously attractive to women, even into old age. The genius Statesman was noted for his elegant taste, charismatic charm and wit.

That could mean two entirely different things!

Bold of you to assume I clean anything up and haven’t been avoiding that corner of my room…

@@pinsenttailoring you are a delight 💚

@@pinsenttailoring Funny, I was going to say something similar... You are a man after all

A vacuum and a damp cloth

@@pinsenttailoring as if you wouldn't be frantically cleaning everything for a special gentleman's visit!

With Kelly LeBrock for, I think, Brech's shampoos? (It's been a while.)

1980s commercial for Pantene. Yes it was with Kelly Lebrock. Commercial is on u tube also.

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Bernadette used green velvet binding on hers, and this one has red binding around it.

The design is by Sewstine, not Bernadette. Many costumers have bought the pre-embroidered kit from her and made one (or, if they have an embroidery machine, bought the pattern file).

@@aprillen It was a lovely gift from the amazing @sewstein

Sewstine makes the pockets. She of the fantabulous embroidery machines.

@@rhondacrosswhite8048 thanks

In the 18th century, they combed (not brushed) their hair every day before re-powdering and styling the hair; the reason being that for some reason a brush made the powder "pill" and act like dandruf. It was necessary to comb daily so that the pores of the scalp could breathe. The powder really kept the hair clean in the absence of clean running water. At night one used a night-cap not only to keep the head warm, --but to protect the bed linen from the pomatum and powder. This system worked quite well. I tried this as a historical experiment for a few months, and my hair actually got healthier for not shampooing in water. For every day, I found the natural oils in my scalp adequate to hold a light refresh of powder; only using pomatum if I wanted to style it more elaborately. In the video, Zach used too much pomatum; he should have used about half the amount, and just combed it through before powdering sections, and after styling giving a last "all over" powering. (Then wash the comb with soap.) When I powdered my hair, I just went into outside, or into the garage if it were raining.

I adore it! Alex lives in it most of the time. I plan to put a bit of leather in the bottom so I can put scissors in it at the workshop! 🤗

Since you have long hair I would love to see you do a hair video as well

Btw, they made not only scented, but also coloured hair powder, so pastel coloured hair were not unusual back then

@@LixiaWinter thats so cool!

@@LixiaWinter For real? I did not know that.

I think you need more opportunities to style your own hair. So far, it looks better than the wigs I have seen you wear.🤗💚

@@aletaschulz1108 you’re commenting my comment by mistake 😂

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Loved this , fun and informative..ps love the long hair

Papa's got a brand new wig bag :-)

I always saw ponytail and a bow as something people. sailing abroad wearing during long month on ships.

Also William Pitt the Younger was …. Yummy.

He was also most likely Gay…

@@pinsenttailoring I’d be jealous but he’s been dead a couple hundred years so…. Not worth bemoaning.

DUTCHY

Wheelchair!

That’s an apt and flattering comparison! After all, Franz Liszt was considered such a rockstar, that he often had fans throw their clothing, money, and flowers up on stage when he was playing, and some even tried to get on the stage because they were filled with such passion!

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Lol yep

I agree men’s fashion history is sadly lacking, I hope to change that.

i think it's from sewstine!

Huh I just looked up here’s, I honestly don’t think it’s either of there’s. Perhaps he made his own?

@@Love-and-Salt He replied in another comment that the pattern is from Sewstine and that she actually gifted him this pocket!

Add some beaten whipped egg whites, a hot curling iron and have a high hat hair souffle.

It does look like one.

Yes, it is! So cool to see it pop up here and there!

John Malkovich, not exactly a handsome man, became devastatingly good looking in that film, thanks to 18th century fashion and hairstyles, with and without wigs. The opening credit shots shows the main characters getting dressed, and it is splendid as well as instructing. Note his red-heels court shoes: this meant he was an aristocrat in favour with the king. The fashions in this film are historically accurate so far as I can tell.