The part has been used for hundreds of years as a method of styling the hair and during the 1800s it.

Women's hairstyles with braids 1800s. Braid it in one loose braid half its length allowing the rest to flow either straight or crimped. Young women and girls were often seen wearing their long tresses in braids or long cascading ringlet curls. She has a braid wrapped around her bun.

Occasionally they curled the sides but bangs werent in fashion. Women wouldnt often wear their hair down during the Victorian times so updos and in particular braids were a popular go-to style for every day. Simple braided buns like these were a neat and pretty way to style hair and didnt involve any heat or curling which was a good thing as this would have been a lengthy task back in the day.

Anthony still wearing last years fashions dont forget fashion trends over lap decades. A timeless and feminine style the French braid is a classic for a reason. Of course these traditions were brought to the Americas through the slave trade.

These cultural practices were handed down through the generations. The ideal woman of the 18th century had hair that was black brown or blond particularly fashionable during Marie-Antoinettes reign. Sometimes a pretty coiffure is obtained by waving the hair in front and drawing it back.

For episode 4 of this historical hair series come along on this visit to Victorian-era hairstyles of the late 1800s. Women wore their hair curled around the face without a great deal of height. Black hairstyles in the 1800s were based on customs and tradition symbolizing tribal affiliations.

Older women often wore their hair braided and coiled atop their heads or puffed up into a pompadour in front with coiled braids at the back French-style twists pinned loosely along the nape and crown or puffed hair that is wound into a loose bun at the crown area. See more ideas about 1860s hairstyles victorian hairstyles civil war hairstyles. The tete de mouton style even imitated sheeps wool.