I'm intrigued by the reference to Elizabeth's second link--I can't find the
message this clearly refers to, and maybe hair taping would be helpful to me.
In my annual Queen of Yore gig at a Medieval Banquet church fund-raiser, I
fight with my hair (and lose) every year. The King and I (haha) don't wear
headdresses--in fact, he won't even consent to a crown but last year acquiesced
to my proffered filet, another of which I also wore last year to complement
him. A proper headdress would be nice, but the logistics of the event, from
dressing space on through chair-to-table distance (our thrones have arms)
militate against it, as does the King's preference. (The king is a professional
and known actor, a wonderful personality, and a very overweight man--I think
his objection to crowns, rings, and other encircling things is a result of this
last feature, but any of these would encourage me to defer to his strongly
expressed sentiments.)
I have hip-length hair, basic beige but dramatically going white in streaks.
What I'd like to do is braid it and coil it over my ears (very yore)--but I
can't find a reliable way of anchoring the coils. One year in frustration I
gave up and piled it on top of my head and looped pearls around it; one year I
just made numerous loops and tied them together above my ears--this looked very
Heidi, and they flopped like Beagle's ears when I turned my head...Last year I
had a notion of sewing the nested coils together with gold cord and then
tieing the cord to the filet, but that was an unmitigated disaster that I
ripped out with only ten minutes to spare before our grand processional
entrance, settling for a bun at the nape of the neck plus those trusty pearls.
Can someone direct me to a website or other directions for appropriate and
manageable Yore Hair? The Burgundy-style gown has a standing collar.
Ever grateful--
Ruth Anne Baumgartner
scholar gypsy and amateur costumer
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From: Elisabeth Doornink [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Nov 15, 2006 9:00 PM
To: 'Historical Costume' [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: [h-cost] hair taping
I do hair taping just as a modern type hair do, and have found that I either
need to do it when it's wet, or when I've got a bunch of small-ish claw
clips to anchor the hair as I tape it. It's gotten easier and easier as my
hair has grown - a twist of hair reaches from behind one ear over to the
next, and the gravity of the strand helps keep it in place.
Quia Christus perpetuo regnat,
Elisabeth
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
Behalf Of Julie
Sent: Wednesday, November 15, 2006 4:35 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [h-cost] hair taping
Sorry getting in the middle of the topic. Have you tried braiding your hair
when wet or with a little gel or mousse? Usually it isn't thick hair that is
the problem but how smooth/slick the strands are.
De
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Hi Elizabeth,
Yes, I've tried the hair taping (as seen in the second link you gave), and
it will only stay on my head if I then wrap the hair in a kertch. It won't
stay up on its own, and it wouldn't stay stable for a base for the French
hood. Also, it falls apart in the kertch that I wore, and only the wrapping
of the fabric around my head kept it from coming down.
Maybe it is because I am doing my own hair, it is very thick, and I really
don't do much practice in hair braiding in general. I am not sure what else
to try, so I gladly will accept suggestions.
Kimiko
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Maybe it has to do with what you're using for the hair taping. Usually we
use single faced satin ribbon. Comes out in a day. At one fair we were out
of ribbon and so used the lucet braid I had on hand made out of cotton rug
warp. That hair taping stayed in for 3 days! I slept with a silk scarf
over it. It would have stayed UP longer, but there were too many fuzzies
escaping.
I wonder if using cotton twill tape instead of satin ribbon would work
better.
Julie
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