I like how the final effect seems very effortless and perfect but it actually takes a lot of time and effort. That seems quite appropriate for someone looking to be a goddess on earth.
"Rubber bands weren't invented until 1845." THANK YOU! :) Really appreciate your efforts - thanks to your videos more of my fellow reenactors are doing period hair!
Janet, I have a question. How long would hairstyles like this be kept in for? Especially the ones that require tons of sewing. Would they be left in for multiple days or was this something that was prepared every morning?
please PLEASE make more videos! I love these so much and they've actually helped me in my professional hairstyling more than I ever thought they would! I don't care what era you do, just please make more!
I love your videos! Just as an FYI, the Romans did have and use hair styling products. :) Among other things, they used olive oil--and likely wax. This would make the orbis comarum look more like the sources--and it would keep the scalp twist/curls more coherent, too. They also used lye, honey, and sunlight to bleach hair for over a thousand years. I once saw a late medieval Italian illustration of women sitting on upper balconies and rooftops with crownless sun hats that they brush their hair over while covered in a bleaching slurry. I wish I could remember the source as it was about 20 years ago that I saw it. Also, most women kept rats that were basically hair balls of their own shed hair to poof out voluminous hairstyles. Even if you couldn't afford a fall (and except for the 17th/18th c, European people did NOT wear wigs, only falls and individual pieces to make their hair thicker), you could make a rat!
Though no wigs have survived, they are constantly mentioned in Roman texts, possibly made with slave women's hair. italianthro.blogspot.com/2011/11/hair-dye-and-wigs-in-ancient-rome.html www.pinterest.pt/pin/460282024391903852/?autologin=true
Janet, thank you so much for another outstanding video. I love checking back in on your account every few months! Not only is your scholarship excellent, but it is fantastic to see your practical skill at work. Thank you for bringing the ancient world to life!
What a wonderful channel! Funnily enough, I have long used sewing to keep costume wigs on (I have a weird shaped head!). I do a firm French braid, then use several strands if cotton embroidery floss and a blunt tapestry needle to secure the wig to my head! People think it's a strange technique - now I feel justified!!
I just discovered your channel and I love it ! These hairstyles are so beautiful and fascinating, to the intricate one to the most simple others. I'm especially curious about the hairstyles of Ancient Egypt, so if one day you have to do a tutorial on them, I would be really excited ^_^ For now, I'm just obsessed about all the different styles of the Ancient Rome, and all of the other time periode you show us. Thanks for all your good work !
I watched your lecture and demo on the Chicago Museum of Art's page and your work is very exciting to learn about. Simply an amazing lecture, and now I get to learn these styles. You could write a bridal book and If i had not seen the Chicago video I would be none the wiser of the origins and the humanities and cosmetology are both interests of mine. I wonder if Egypt was all wigs as well? They did look more like wigs than these styles with edges visible. The pictures were from my high school books from 2006 and it was stated everyone would have had lice and everyone in ancient Egypt wore wigs. Anyways, your lecture on Roman HAIRstyles really was a gift for anyone who loves hair, and of course for history.
I know you probably have hundreds of volunteers, but I have mid-calf-length hair and live about 6 minutes from Dulles International Airport in Virginia if you ever are in the area. Love your work!!
I love these videos! The attention to detail and history is really amazing! The only problem is I have that very straight (Germanic "barbarian") slippery hair and braids and things won't stay in. Haha, oh well! Thanks for the hard work you put into your fascinating videos !
kaycashew Remember the fine hair crimpers from the early nineties? If you crimp the hair you want to braid first, it will definitely help it stay, it gives some extra 'grip' to the strands :)
I'm kind of amused because I've got sort of the opposite problem - I've got that northern British Isles hair that curls in about 30 directions, so it sort of stays in braids, but then by the end of the day half of it's managed to escape
I like the 'simplicity' of this style. I think if I were to use it, though I'd prefer a slightly different take on the front. I don't care for that as much. But, alas, I don't have the hair to even try it. Although, I suppose one would need a 'slave' to try it on ourself anyway.
i really enjoy your work! you should think about working together with LISA ELDRIDGE in a future video - she is a highly talented make up artist that has studied the ancient techniques of make up. together you could create the perfect look!!! :)
styles like this really make me doubt the veracity of some of the claims... in all probability, it looks like she just had her hair tied at the ends. she wouldn't have been doing a lot of manual labor, which is sort of the point of such a simple adornment. it keeps a ritual shape that the flamenica dialis would have been expected to keep - ie, she's got this relative hairstyle, just like plotina, because she's the wife of the flamen dialis. there's no reason to stitch her hair down like that at the ends for a ceremonial hair dressing she could easily and quickly repair herself or have her slaves repair. thanks for the share, in any case!
Adrianvs called her the Ulysees of emperaticces...Sabina was more MAN than Antinoo..in Roman coins she lloks very serene...hairstylo a perfect recreation
I'm not seeing where the statues of the gods with this hairstyle have a braid. Just wrap the front of the hair around a fillet and tie at the back of the head. Smooth the rest of the hair back, then tie a low pony tail at the back. Done.
