> Sharon Collier wrote: > > >This is a problem even with re-enactors. In my opinion, nothing spoils the > >look of an outfit as quickly as modern hair. Renaissance hair was parted in > >the middle. No bangs. If you have bangs---use hairspray! Sure it doesn't > >look like "you"----that's the point! > They did have bangs (short bits of hair in the front of head to frame the face) just not quite like we typically think of fringe/bangs. Of course, you need to look at time and place for anything. Just looking in the 16th Century around the Italian Peninsula, you can find several interesting hairstyle alternatives for people with modern bangs. Starting with the early 16th Century, in the famous painting of two Courtesans, we see they have a lump of tight curls to the front of the head and the rest of the hair smoothed back (no part) into a bun: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Vittore_Carpaccio_079.jpg A little later on, in the portraits of Isabella D'Este, we see she sports some somewhat more loose curls to frame her face: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portrait_of_Isabella_d%27Este_%28Titian%29 Even mid 16th C, we still have a lady with only the front hair curled to frame her face: http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-aJaETMW7TgU/UPACA7QwQGI/AAAAAAABUwY/wORMmOUoKjQ/s1600/1550_N%257E1.JPG Another mid 16th C of a lady with curls around her face: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Niccol%C3%B2_dell%27_Abbate_-_Bildnis_einer_Dame.jpg So although straight bangs wouldn't necessarily be proper for a lady in the 16th C (15th c is a completely different story), there are alternatives to just hairspraying them back (which I know wouldn't work in my hair either! ) Sincerely, Isabella _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
