What an awesome sepia photograph of a group of men and women showing the hair and fashions at the turn of the century.
The women have puffy updo hairstyles that are full of height and volume. They are wearing long dresses and coats with fur collars and stoles. They have long bangs that are brushed up and back.
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This beautiful portrait of a woman in the early 1900's shows how a turn of the century updo is done.
This beautiful young woman is wearing her long hair pulled up into a faux bob that is created with curls and bobby pins to show a bit more a modern look for that time period as opposed to a simple slicked back style. She has her bangs parted off to the side with a short part. The top of the crown is brushed back and there is some lift here that is done with back combing. Pin curls placed when hair is wet allows for styling after it has dried. There is most likely a low bun placed at the back to hold the length up.
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These sepia photographs from the turn of century offer some great examples of hair and clothes from that time period.
This first one shows a portrait of a husband and wife posing with their baby. The embossing shows an imprint from Sterling Studio of Tacoma, WA. The woman has her straight brunette hair pulled back in a simple updo with a part down the middle and she is bang-less. This was before women began cutting their locks in shorter lengths and it was considered feminine to sport long hair even though they usually wore it up for practicality. Her husband is balding and hair is very thin on the top of the head. The baby is wearing a white dress and it is hard to know whether this is a girl or boy since they often dressed both in dresses at this age. The mother has a very modest full length Victorian style dress that has a high button collar and ornate lacy accessories at the neckline. She has a wide belt and long sleeves. There is a longer necklace that has something at the end of it which is tucked into the belt. This would be a pocket watch. The father is wearing a dark suit with a white shirt and tie and vest. Folks were very formal when out in public.
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Here's an example of how to make long hair look short with an updo hairstyle and here is a nice option by Darby Stanchfield.
She has a lovely auburn red hair color that looks nice against her pale skin tone and Kelly green dress here at the 45th Annual NAACP Image Awards.
Alicia is sporting a curly version of this rockabilly style at the 56th Annual Grammy Awards.
The sides are pulled up like an updo and the top is curly and full of height. Alicia's mother is half Italian and her father is African American to make for some beautiful olive skin coloring. She is well known for her musical talent.
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