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Hairdressing and Head-dresses 600 BC - 146 BC

Hairdressing and Head-dresses 600 BC - 146 BC.png The Age of Pericles and down to the year 338 BThumbnailsThe Himtation. A garment worn in Greece and Rome between  550 B.C. and 300 A.D.The Age of Pericles and down to the year 338 BThumbnailsThe Himtation. A garment worn in Greece and Rome between  550 B.C. and 300 A.D.The Age of Pericles and down to the year 338 BThumbnailsThe Himtation. A garment worn in Greece and Rome between  550 B.C. and 300 A.D.The Age of Pericles and down to the year 338 BThumbnailsThe Himtation. A garment worn in Greece and Rome between  550 B.C. and 300 A.D.The Age of Pericles and down to the year 338 BThumbnailsThe Himtation. A garment worn in Greece and Rome between  550 B.C. and 300 A.D.
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Hair dressed with a wave on the temples was the most important
feature of hairdressing at the beginning of this period, and during the
first two centuries the elaborate stiff waving had the effect of a scalloped edge {left picture).
On top of these waves, a series of stiff curls, pointing downwards,
was often arranged.
Another style in vogue at the same time was the dressing of the front
hair to form a coronet of circular curls, all round the head from ear to ear {middle picture). The side ringlets, "braided tresses," were still retained, coming from behind the ears, and brought forward on to the shoulders, and the back portion (left picture) was allowed to hang down behind in waves or ringlets. Above this was tied a band, or fillet, of ribbon or metal, also encircling the head behind the row of waves or curls. Late in the sixth century the fillet became a little wider in the band, and was more upstanding on the head, forming a coronet that was often richly ornamented {right picture), and this was the early form of the stephane.

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Costume and Fashion
The evolution of European dress through the earlier ages
By Herbert Norris
Published in 1924
Available at archive.org
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