Slide Outline Title Current Hairstyles… …Compared to Older Styles [Info] More info More info Jewelry Jewelry A final note

Dying Is Your Latest Fashion!*

The Late Trends of Elizabethan times, featuring Hairstyles and

jewelry*Copyright Escape The Fate

Now…

… and then! Coifs and classes Important in upper class UPPER CLASS: highly

elaborate fair hair supposedly marked

the ideal woman so hair would be dyed yellow with a mixture of saffron, cumin seed, celandine and oil [very, tasty]

le gasp! Surprisingly, frizzy

hair was favored Wigs often referred to as

periwigs

Lovely locks LOWER CLASS: straight hair was favored with center part-

complimented the French hood ALL CLASSES: women wore swept up hair- flowing hair indicated

virgin and was usually worn by a bride at her wedding with fresh flowers

long hair was usually in a bun, to be covered in some way hair was always covered by some form of hat, veil, or hood

[atifet, coif, biggin’, caul, pillbox style hat]

hair was pulled away from face and combed back from forehead

And You thought your sister spent a lot of time on her hair

Men spent just as much time on their hair, which was worn curly

long beards were trendy and varied in style

No barber visits for beards [Sorry Sweeney…]

men usually had red hair, while women had blonde

hair nets were extremely popular [and not just for the lunch lady]

The Crown Jewels upper & middle classes MIDDLE CLASS: modest, often

enameled, necklaces cuts on gems were simple:

cabochon cut [smooth, rounded top] or table-cut (a cabochon with flat surface), with rose-cut & hog-back cut emerging later in the century

gem carving was very popular settings were very intricate,

sometimes made to look like petals or leaves

Diamonds in the rough

Common gems- diamond, ruby, emerald, opal, topaz, and sapphire; beads and cameo gems: sapphire, carnelian, jasper, onyx, bloodstone, moss agate, chalcedony, crysoprase, pearls, and sardonyx

Gold chains, carcanets [chokers], & pearls were common brooches and pendants were worn in multiple ways [necklaces, hats,

etc.] Jewels were often sewn into clothing

“Talk About Retro…”

~Joanna Villalobos