Show me your "historical" hairstyles/tutorials!

[CryssieWillow]

I wrote a tutorial aaaages ago on a braid that looks like the braids in medieval and renaissance paintings.
It should be somewhere in the articles section.

[kme81]

Except that I can't do a Gibson Tuck The hair always falls through into a topsy tail

My hair always falls through a gibson tuck as well! I've had success with putting the bundled up hair into a sort of doubled up hairnet, then putting it in the "pocket"...I was able to wear it for almost the entire day!

[Arya]

My hair always falls through a gibson tuck as well! I've had success with putting the bundled up hair into a sort of doubled up hairnet, then putting it in the "pocket"...I was able to wear it for almost the entire day!

Clever!!! We should start an 'escape artist hair' support thread!

[Tisiloves]

Clever!!! We should start an 'escape artist hair' support thread!

I would definitely join, my hair makes Houdini look like a rank amateur.

[Jeleebaby]

To stop the hair coming through on a Gibson pull it half through the band thenntwistbthe band and pull the rest through so it is in 2 loops. Won't fall through then.

[piffyanne]

I threw my hair into another pair of loose Victory Rolls, this time with a false crown braid at the back.

I parted my hair on the side from the front all the way back, and had one braid in the "crown" braid thicker than the other as a stylistic choice. I tend to think I look better with a side part with Victory Rolls, but I'll have to try them symmetrically sometime.

Crown braids WERE a hairstyle in the 1940's. Several stars wore them, but, like that famous woman whose name I can't currently remember, the braids look padded in the Hollywood glamour shots. The Normals wearing them didn't seem to pad them, though, so we're normal either way.

I went looking for other images of the hairstyle I showed last time still (found them, but they're huge, and rather than resize them, I went out to take a new one. I'm so normal.)

If you want photos of the last style, too, I'll get on it.

Bonus: Edwardian Gibson Girl, complete with Pompadour:


Keep posting, guys!

[sarahbrownie]

I threw my hair into another pair of loose Victory Rolls, this time with a false crown braid at the back.

I parted my hair on the side from the front all the way back, and had one braid in the "crown" braid thicker than the other as a stylistic choice. I tend to think I look better with a side part with Victory Rolls, but I'll have to try them symmetrically sometime.

Crown braids WERE a hairstyle in the 1940's. Several stars wore them, but, like that famous woman whose name I can't currently remember, the braids look padded in the Hollywood glamour shots. The Normals wearing them didn't seem to pad them, though, so we're normal either way.

Fantastic hair! I love your blouse and make-up, you look beautiful!

Here's my hair! I've been getting into the 1940s and sewing a lot more 1940 style items lately. My clothes aren't exactly period, but I got better at victory rolls. It just takes practice.

[Tisiloves]

Woo, victory rolls all the way round, I'm dizzy.

[Dovetail]

I just posted one here on my blog: http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/blog.php?b=101848

I'd love to see someone try it!

[Tisiloves]

Janet Stephens Just posted a teaser!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kBq5Y...&feature=g-u-u