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Sunday, 5 October 2014
The Elizabethan continue.
People of high social
rank often built the hair into towering masses on the crown of the head; but as
a rule the hair was dressed plain, though frequently covered with jewels. The
Elizabethan women, as well as the men, dyed their hair, not to conceal the fact
that it was turning grey, but to please a passing fancy. There was no attempt
to conceal the practice, nor was the same colour always used. In fact, the
colour of the hair was made to harmonise with the garments worn upon any
particular occasion. Those who did not care to dye their hair wore wigs. The
Elizabethans revelled in wigs. The Records of the Wardrobe show that Elizabeth
possessed eighty at one time. Mary Stuart, during a part of her captivity in
England, changed her hair every day. So usual was this habit, and so great the
demand for hair, that children with handsome locks were never allowed to walk
alone in the London streets for fear they should be temporarily kidnapped and
their tresses cut off. The upper part of a
woman's body was cased in a neat, tightly-laced bodice that followed the
contour of the body with a fair resemblance to nature. This, however, was the
only part of the figure that retained any of its native semblances. The bodice
frequently projected downward in a long sharp point over the abdomen; and was
often open towards the top to show the breast, or the stomacher of brightly
coloured silk beneath crossed laces. It wasn’t a healthy life style, they
didn’t know about the dangerous consequences of hair dye, no wonder people died
of illnesses it was probably because of lack of health.
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