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Renaissance Hairstyles
This era is the times of lords, barons and baroness, kings and queens, artists, Dutch and duchess, and especially women. Women had been a very vital part of this century for the hair styles tell mostly about them. Tell of their life and social standing in this passed time.
Generally, renaissance hair styles are all about long hairs. So now I will present to you two different hair styles of some hair styles present during this era.Braiding Hair
The act of braiding the hair of many women which is long was originally the custom. Even artworks, paintings, tapestries and other captured and documented this through the ages that show us many women who wore their hair in elaborate braids and styles, with hair that fell well past their hips in most cases. But still we should not forget that the Renaissance periods are not just about a common “woman” who was depicted in an artist’s work. That most artists created their pieces showing picturesque of commissioned wealthy merchants and nobles. These pieces were usually to be done to immortalize a favored family member.
Also the women found in such portraits were members of wealthy families. There was this fact that many ladies experienced a much “slower” pace to life in the early periods, since they spend hours standing while being groomed and coiffed in elegant hair styles for the numerous social events she would be invited. Since these braids were complicated and elaborate, they would be created and worn for days which are not illogical that women’s dresses of that era were usually sewn directly onto the lady with detachable portions such as skirts and sleeves that could be removed for sleeping.
In the modern times, braids are still at use. Braids were usually seen in teenagers under the ages of 15. When braids are a style employed, the hair will look groomed for as long as possible and it will remain tangle-free while the child will go about her daily activities. It was also said that because of the change of society, braids had come to be more appealing in younger women, this maybe because braiding can be fanciful in any circumstance. But still, braids seem to flock with the younger girls which are nearly universal.
Hair Lacing
Hair lacing was a technique used for dressing the hair in Renaissance Italy until the very end of the 15th century. Middle and lower class women wore it until well into the next century. It can be done with ribbon or cord, although ribbon was the most common. It was done by women of all classes. It can be done to bind twisted strands, plain strands, or a variety of braids. It can be used in conjunction with a variety of hairstyles, headdresses, ornaments, and veils.
Things you’ll Need:
You will need: 2-3 yards of ribbon, a plastic bodkin for ribbon threading (at your local fabric store), a couple of small rubber or elastic hair bands (the really thin ones that don’t show much), some bobby pins (to hold your hair until the lacing is in place), and a comb.
How to do hair lacing:
Part your hair in the middle all the way from the front down the back. Starting on one side, do the double strand French braid demonstrated in class. When you run out of new hair on that side, divide the two strands into three, and continue with a standard braid until you run out of hair. Secure it with a rubber band. Repeat for the other side. Coil the braids around your head in the desired position and secure with bobby pins. Thread the ribbon on the eye of the bodkin. Starting from the back, bring the bodkin up under the braids and the hair close to the scalp. Pull all the ribbon through, leaving about six inches hanging. Bring the bodkin around the braids, top to bottom, like you are doing a whip stitch. Bring the needle back up under the braids and scalp hair about one inch from where you started. Repeat this whip stitching all the way around the head, keeping the ribbon flat and untwisted, and pulling it snug with each stitch. When you get all the way around to the back where you started, tie the ends of the ribbon in a square knot. Remove the bobby pins. If desired, take the long end and wrap it around the base of the wrapped hair. Tie at the back with another square knot. Cut off the ends of the ribbon to about 2 inches and tuck the ends up under the braids. If you don’t want the extra band, just clip off the ribbon ends and tuck.
This will remain secure for an amazingly long time—you can even sleep it.