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She helped a lot to start the work on a blind spot. I'm very interesting in the Cultural Studies on History, so she is invaluable, and surprisingly under the radar
My hair is so straight that it would never hold a braid alone. If I had been alive then, my hairdresser would have used all the thread in Rome to put my hair up.
That's hysterical! However, one thing that is interesting that she discovered in her work is how they used thread to "stitch" braids so you might have been ok after all!
She looks more like an archeologist than a hairdresser... Despite the passing of time, human hair wigs are still expensive, even if they are homemade and synthetic of a decent quality is over $ 100 when not in the sales
This is wonderful. How difficult were these styles to disassemble? I wonder if specific techniques weren't devised as shortcuts to create beautiful styles that were easily removed.
Janet has done some fascinating research about the connection and influence of African braiding on Roman hairstyles. She gave workshops on it in Houston. Maybe we can get her to create something for our channel!
