With gently waved hair and face-framing tendrils ... He believed the ‘Gibson Girl’ was the embodiment of the 19th century woman, someone who’s graceful, independent and elegant—starting ...

Coiffures describes the historical and cultural practices associated with women's hairstyles, hair care, and hair art in nineteenth-century France. Hair also has profound symbolic significance. Lying ...

With gently waved hair and face-framing tendrils ... He believed the ‘Gibson Girl’ was the embodiment of the 19th century woman, someone who’s graceful, independent and elegant—starting ...

You might think that beards are popular now, but the mid-19th century was a true golden age for massive facial hair: a time when beards were seen as the ultimate symbols of Victorian manliness and ...

3. One of the reasons facial hair became so popular in Victorian times was the Crimean War. Large numbers of soldiers returned home in the mid-19th century with the moustaches and beards they’d ...