7th Mississippi Infantry
Brev. Brig. Gen'l
- Joined
- Sep 28, 2013
- Location
- Southwest Mississippi
Donna, this made me giggle a little. I've been wanting to dye my hair various colors ~ we're talking a complete rainbow ~ for a while now, but two things keep me from doing it:Some today need to have good manners and style their hair. Also the colors for hair are awful. I guess I am old fashioned. Love the styles and hair of yesteryear.
Yes, that's exactly what I was thinking.I wonder if the “fascination’ refers to the style of hat called a “fascishnator”. They were usually quite small and perched to the front of the hair, and as I understand it, the odder the better..”She’s got a dead bird on her head!”
When my hair was super short, I would wake up looking like Beaker.You girls are certainly quirky, but no more so than the fads of the 1800's
I think they would suit youNow my hair is long enough that I could have some fun with Victorian curls.
My first thought was to get those curls rockin' for the Gettysburg reenactment this year, but in that heat, I bet they'd drop in 10 minutes. Plus I'll probably have a big floppy sun hat.I think they would suit you
OK! Now don't tell me this is another 1870s photo expertly colorized!Can you imagine us together in a salon in 1865 getting our hair brushed? Hilarity would definitely ensue. I picture something like this!
Oh, Dear Lord, that is scary! The guy on the right looks like Sherman. No wonder he looked as he did in pictures if he just had THAT done to his head!!The hair-brushing phenomenon began in 1862 when a 35-year-old English hairdresser, Edwin Gillard Camp, received a patent for his rotary hair brush – an innovation set in motion mechanically and guided around a person’s head by a skilled operator. The original machine was only for men. The brushes were thought likely to get tangled in the long hair worn by most women. This problem was solved in 1865 when Mr Neate of Southampton added another pulley on the floor, allowing the brush to be drawn downwards in one long sweep. Hair-brushing by machinery captured the public's imagination and became a Victorian sensation.
Punch cartoon
Source: Future of the Past--Barber Machines, 1868
I'm riveted by the "new and delightful" hair brushing machine! In the same way that people are fascinated by train wrecks--I can't look away.