Big Old Hair
As much as I adore and wear the styles from the 40s and the 50s I've always had an avid interest Victorian women's beauty and style, particularly their hair.
Ever since I was old enough to really take an interest in History I have pretty much been infatuated with anything remotely related to the Victorian period from the quality of living (rich and poor people's), theatre, novels and of course the fashion. But I have only just recently been researching Victorian beauty and hair and I have become quite interested in the 'Gibson Girl' style.
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| A drawing of a typical 'Gibson Girl' hairdo |
The Gibson Girl first appeared in the 1890's in a humour magazine called "Life." Drawn by
illustrator CharlesDana Gibson, she was his ideal woman with her tiny
waist, lofty pompadour hair, and aloof beauty.
The 'Gibson Girl' appeared in many more magazines of that time and quickly became a style sought after by women everywhere, and it's no wonder why.
In my opinion, although it is a style the requires the woman to have 'a tiny waist, aloof beauty and pompadour hair' it looks so natural, so effortless. It's as though they woke up and absently pinned their hair up and it just happened to look that wonderful even though it probably took them hours to perfect they style each day.
I suppose in many ways it is like women of today who spend hours in the mirror applying all sorts of beauty products to get that 'natural beauty' look.
All I can say is, If I'd of been around in the late 1800s I would have been a Gibson Girl, just maybe not as good as these ones though.
Laura Lou x
PS. While researching all this I found two really interesting articles that I think you should all take a look at. The first one is just a small piece about tattooed women in Victorian times and the second is all about Beauty products and hair. Like I said they're really interesting :)
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