Chapter 8 – The Artistry of Hair Styling

Hairstyling or dressing the hair is an Art that has changed into a wide variety of styles, mainly determined by fashion and cultures throughout history. From the times of the Roman Empire, when women wore their hair in a mass of curls on top, rows of waves or braids and the Middle Ages, when they grew their hair as long as it would naturally grow, to the post–war years of 1950’s and 1960’s, when the popular hairstyles consisted of waves and curls as well as high bouffant and beehive styles, you can observe how a person’s hairstyle portrays an image of the period of time in which they live in.