- Fashion - Janesville Sesquicentennial
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- Here's a hairy history lesson
- What did Janesville residents look like when the city was
young?
- One image can be imagined by considering the hairstyles of
the era.
- During the 1830s, fashion dictated that hair should be worn
high on the head by women.
- Two coiffures, both of which originated in England, became
popular at this time. The hair was
- arranged flat on the crown of the head and was brought up
high in the back where it was secured by a large comb. The other
style consisted of heavy braids worn about the temples and ears,
and a single love lock hung flat against the forehead.
- A few years later, the Victorian hairdo became popular. This
was worn with a center part, curls
- bunched over each ear, and the back hair drawn up high, rolled
and fastened with a large comb.
- A variation of this was to braid numerous strands of hair,
then coil the braids into round mats and
- fasten one over each ear. This created a basket-weave effect.
- Another hairstyle of this period was curls framing the face
and extended over the ears. This gave
- a wide appearance to the head. The back hair was usually
brushed up smoothly from the nape of the neck and arranged in
puffs or stiff curls on the crown of the head.
- The hairdo brought about a mixture of hair ornaments including
ribbons, feathers and wreaths of
- artificial flowers.
- Headdresses grew larger and larger, reaching their maximum
in the 1830s. Headgear had to be
- adjusted to accommodate the high coiffures. Both hats and
caps grew to enormous proportions.
- At first the crowns of bonnets were deepened, but as hairdos
grew, hopes of covering them
- vanished. In order to be able to wear hats, ladies were forced
to place them on the backs of their heads behind their coiffures.
- Berets also were worn during the 1830s and were made of silk
or wool Scotch plaid and usually
- ornamented with a feather.
- For young ladies not blessed with curls, round combs and
ribbons kept their hair in place. It was
- every woman's desire to have long hair, yet many girls wore
their hair cut like their brothers'. The madonna center part
was copied from Queen Victoria's headdress. Bangs came into the
mode with bonnets continuing to frame the Victorian faces.
- Especially interesting in girls' hair was the modern short
cut look, parted in the middle and pushed
- behind the ears, where the straight ends flip outward.
- The Titus hairstyle worn by men and boys was cropped short
and brushed toward the face. Some-
- times only the side and top hair was short with the back
wound into a knot.
- Young men wore hairstyles brushed forward with a side part.
Sideburns were brushed out and
- onto the cheeks. Although still brushed forward, the newest
hairstyle for boys was curved toward the sides a bit and down
onto the cheeks.
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