Historical hairstyles

Renaissance hairstyles are graceful, imposing and will transform you into a hard to ignore presence. Get ready to shine with a marvelous medieval look!

What is the most underrated hair growth secret? It has to do with how we style and wear our hair on a daily basis. Surprisingly, this is...

The most popular hairstyle in the Edwardian era was the pompadour. But not all Edwardian pompadour hairstyles require teasing and hairpins. These 1907 instructions show you how to create an Edwardian pinless pompadour with only a ribbon! The Edwardian hairstyle is easy and fast to make and can still be worn today!

Hair styling is not one of my talents, so, logically, one would assume that I might turn to wigs to make up for my skill deficit…until, of course, you hand me a wig… Expectation: Sexy P…

"In ancient Athens, female hairstyle was a distinctive symbol of status worn by women of high social rank and affluence when they appeared in public settings such as religious festivals." I've got the most wonderful thing to share with you today - it's a combination of art history, tradition, and merging today's students with reliving the historical past. The project? The Caryatid Hairstyling Project at Fairfield University, created by Dr. Katherine Schwab.

Victorian and Edwardian ladies followed a night-time hair routine to get beautiful, luxuriant hair and to protect their long hair at night.

The favorite hairstyle of Edwardian Gibson Girls was the pompadour hairstyle. They wore it as an everyday hairstyle and for formal events.