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
yikes! Ow! and forget the little people.... that sucks.
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In the end, such hair could only be cut by guillotine.
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" I have herpeees on my head! Noooo not herpe's, haerrrrpeeees!!!"
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Their necks must've been in poor shape after a while.
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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!
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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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