I would expect having the very long hair would be an asset. After all, many of the styles use a lot of braids wrapped around creatively. Many people use braided hair pieces, but you could use your own hair because you would have the length. My problem is not the length but the thickness. I remember when I got my hair done for my wedding. They had to pincurl a lot of my hair to my scalp underneath my actual "do" because I would have just had too many curls. :p
Personally, I have never had luck with historic hairstyles from people who normally do up-dos. They just have a different mindset. (There is one exception but that was because she was interested in historic hair.) ________________________________ From: Anne <[email protected]> To: Historical Costume <[email protected]> Sent: Wed, April 28, 2010 12:32:31 PM Subject: Re: [h-cost] Victorian Hair: I would be really interested to hear the result, if you choose this approach, because, to be honest, I never had much luck. My hair is just to my waist, and I have found that hairdressers are more practised in putting up hair that is to shoulder-blades or shorter. They don't seem to know where to "store" all the length, and weight, before doing fancy stuff with the last 8 inches. Jean Penny Ladnier wrote: > This is a thought...take an image of what you want and take it to a > hairdresser that does bridal styles. Ask them if they can recreate the > style. There are hairdressers that specialize in bridal up-dos. > > Penny Ladnier (who grew my hair long in the early 1980s to look like Laura's > hair on General Hospital) > Owner, The Costume Gallery Websites > www.costumegallery.com > 14 websites of fashion, textiles, & costume history > > _______________________________________________ > h-costume mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
