August 26, 2018 Sunday
11:00 AM Sassy
Fascinating photo essay on the long, long hair of Victorian women – never seen the likes of this!
Very long Victorian hair
c.1885
The Seven Sutherland Sisters.
IMAGE: MARK JAY GOEBEL/GETTY IMAGES
“To a Victorian observer, photographs of women with long, loose hair would be particularly titillating.”
“It was believed that a woman’s personality could be inferred from her hair. Curly-haired women were considered to be sweeter-natured than women with straight hair. Long, thick, loose hair was associated with a woman’s sexuality — the longer and thicker the hair, the more passionate the woman’s nature.”
c. 1890
IMAGE: HULTON ARCHIVE/GETTY IMAGES