What Ive learnt of Elizabethan Hairstyles so far is concerned with natural hair. From my reading of 'A History of Womens Hairstyles' (Jean Keyes, 1967) Ive found that "Periwigs" were increasingly popular during the late 1500's. By this time apparently hair had become so complicated and uncomfortable that many women shaved their hair and wore a complete periwig.
It is thought that "Queen Elizabeth had as many as eighty dyed periwigs". "Periwigs were mostly made up of either tiny curls or hair frizzed in to tiny waves", the hair would then be built in to a variety of shapes, usually very symmetrical and often had a pronounced peak at the forehead.
There term "Frizzing" is a term coined from fashions in France during the 16th century and was done in a similar way to modern 'back-combing'.
It is thought that "Queen Elizabeth had as many as eighty dyed periwigs". "Periwigs were mostly made up of either tiny curls or hair frizzed in to tiny waves", the hair would then be built in to a variety of shapes, usually very symmetrical and often had a pronounced peak at the forehead.
There term "Frizzing" is a term coined from fashions in France during the 16th century and was done in a similar way to modern 'back-combing'.
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| (Illustration, page 10 of mentioned source) In this illustration which accompanies the chapter you can see very tightly wound curls which are piled on top of the head in a symmetrical heart shape which, as mentioned, meets at a point on the centre of the forehead. The way the curls are so tight leads me to think that this is an example of a periwig. This example |
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