The Rise and Fall of Big Hair

By Miss Cellania in Fashion on Sep 22, 2009 at 9:58 am

You think big hair was big in the 1980s? In the 18th century, ladies of a certain station took hairstyling to absurd lengths -or heights, actually. Social critics and caricaturists of the day had fun with the trend, as you can see in this collection of images from the period at BibliOdyssey. Link


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  1. Babycakes
    Sep 22nd, 2009 at 10:29 am

    yikes! Ow! and forget the little people…. that sucks.

  2. Kalel
    Sep 22nd, 2009 at 10:59 am

    In the end, such hair could only be cut by guillotine.

  3. Tim Giachetti
    Sep 22nd, 2009 at 11:54 am

    ” I have herpeees on my head! Noooo not herpe’s, haerrrrpeeees!!!”

  4. TheDiversePurse
    Sep 22nd, 2009 at 3:58 pm

    Their necks must’ve been in poor shape after a while.

  5. FishBottleT
    Sep 23rd, 2009 at 11:45 am

    And to remember that the lighing in the rooms were candles. I would be worried with so much hair. I bet there were numerous hair fires!

  6. Nicolexoxo
    Oct 13th, 2009 at 8:07 pm

    I’m doing a fashion project on big hair…I have to include the 5 stages including the introduction, increase in popularity, peak of popularity, decrease in popularity, and then rejection. as well as information about big hair in general…if anyone wants to help me out id appreciate it!


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