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 -----Original Message----- >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 > >-----Original Message----- >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 >-----Original Message----- >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 >--------------------------------------------- >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 > >_______________________________________________ >h-costume mailing list >h-costume@mail.indra.com >http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > >-- >No virus found in this incoming message. >Checked by AVG Free Edition. >Version: 7.1.409 / Virus Database: 268.14.5/534 - Release Date: 11/14/2006 > > >-- >No virus found in this outgoing message. >Checked by AVG Free Edition. >Version: 7.1.409 / Virus Database: 268.14.5/534 - Release Date: 11/14/2006 > > >_______________________________________________ >h-costume mailing list >h-costume@mail.indra.com >http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
