Lucky you knowing how to do a Gibson, I can only do a single French braid. I had my hair in a Gibson when I got married but it was all back combed underneath. It took 2 hours to comb it out. At the time I thought there must be another way to do this. I can't imagine shop girls had that much time in the morning or at night to do there hair. If I use pigtails or 2 braids then I look like I am imitating Pocahontas. I have seen others that can pull it o but not me. Not sure what it is. Miniskirts were that way too. I look like I should sprout wings and fly around, not the least bit sexy.
To me a Babushka is an Old Russian or East European grandmother with a head scarf (usually quite large) that was tied on the chin rather than under it. There is a babushka song in my head somewhere. Ann Shepherds' Spring Farm North Gower On. Canada http://shepherdsspringfarm.ca/ _____ There must have been another shift in meaning. "Babushka" was what people called head scarves after they went out of style -- implying that it was what an immigrant grandmother would wear. Perhaps "babushka" was re-purposed when big hair was in style, but I don't recall any scarves associated with big hair. (Of course, I ignored the fad entirely, so probably wouldn't notice.) (My hair is bigger now than it was then: during the big hair fad, I stuck with pigtails and french knots, but nowadays I put my hair up in a Gibson when I'm dressed up. Still wear a pigtail for everyday.) [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
