Medieval Italian Hairstyle (Siena, ca 1328)

[@KawauMusic]

So finally I found a video about a real medieval hairstyle that I can recommend to the viewers of my medieval channel. Great video and even the tools are the right ones. Never seen a quality like that.

[@ShandraVdeG]

I am SO thrilled that you are starting to move into medieval hairstyles as that is closer to my focus of research (1490s Spain). Thank you!!!!

[@RobinLL]

I don't understand the people who give this video a thumbs down! At the time of me writing this, there is 1 thumbs down. I want to ask that person why? This video, and all Janet's other videos are well done, well researched and just a joy to watch. I love seeing a new video and hope you keep doing them.

[@finosuilleabhain7781]

+ Robin L ... Many people are simply idiots or mischievous. Just as some want nothing more than to watch the world burn, so some can't see a dislike button without pressing it.

[@Corbeaux08]

The possibility is remote, but it could also be accidental... I’ve accidentally downvoted some comments or content in the past.

[@gnamem6450]

People like to be contrary.

[@katherinec6031]

It is so educational to see how people secured the ends of their hair before elastic starting being used for it! And cool to see how decorative parts often have additional purposes, such as the cord securing hair that might otherwise come loose and become troublesome.

[@ladymaiden2308]

well that model is so beautiful and her hair is so glossy and perfect!! Beautiful hairstyle. Wonderful tutorial. Thank you!

[@carolg3605]

I wear my hair in two braids joined just like this. I never thought of pinning them up though. Such a simple way to get this effect!

[@DottyGale8]

I’m so envious of the model’s long, beautiful hair. That’s the hair I’ve always wanted. But my hair refuses to look like that!

[@scavideospotlight]

Good Stuff. Recently took my son to the Italian Donkey Convention in Downtown Vancouver and was inspired to braid hair in the olden style there. Very Good stuff.

[@kayeff8034]

I get SO excited when I see a new video, and this did NOT disappoint! ♥

[@venus_envy]

How did I only just notice that you write your own music? So amazing!

[@kh22912]

the model looks like the lady in the painting

[@ah5721]

love watching all your tutorials ! I just wish I could find a good hair cleanser for my hair so I could manage my thick semi course 2a-c hair if I wanted to grow it out !

[@juliusppurple7622]

Me encanta la pronunciación es perfecta al igual que la recreación

[@pliny8308]

Elegant and lovely and the model looks stunning in it.

[@emilychatham5235]

These are so fascinating!! Thank you!

[@catheadoff]

OMG! I have a wooden comb and my straight hair loves it!

[@ladollyvita333]

Lovely!! This one I may try out today! I love the idea of the braids resting over the ears like this!

[@CherryRedBanshee]

This is where my father's side of my family is from! I hope to visit the town someday.

[@Antsandy96]

Great work as always. Now gone to try this myself XD.

[@lepietreparlano]

oh yes :D

[@TasteBlood]

Love love love your videos! I am a 14thC reenactor and a hairdresser. I am researching the hairstyles for this time period. How did you come across evidence for the T pins and wooden hair bodkins? In my research I haven't seen any so would love to know your sources please to add to my research :D

[@jntvstp]

Alyce Chapman Hi Alyce, Thanks for the comment: This is up for debate, because so little artifact evidence remains. 1) I use T-pins because they are commonly available, but even so, the T-pin shape is one of the simplest forms of wire work. I have seen the shape in museum collections of ancient greek artifacts. 2) Wood is the poor man's plastic and wood pins likely were made at home from twigs stripped of their bark and sharpened. For a nice ivory example from the period, check out collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O103075/hair-pin-unknown/

[@cathydoe]

I really like this video! Could you please do more videos about 14th century hairstyles?

[@chpalmtree]

Wow these are SO nice - thank you!!

[@ladythalia227]

So much hair! I literally have the equivalent of one strand used in one of the braids. I wonder what fine haired ladies used back in the day. No way could I pull off a hairstyle like this :-(

[@snowwhitebeautyful]

So beautiful!

[@PinkLilyGarden]

Was the ribbon on the forehead functional or simply a fashionable piece ?

[@oldfashiondolls]

Applauding your video---as always!!!

[@DebraNormand]

Beautiful! However, where does one purchase these items especially the veils? I just finished watching 3 seasons of Medici for the second time and I'm in love with the veils Contissina, Lorenzo's wife wore. I find that as I age I'm regressing into the days of old. I want to wear veils all the time.

[@rebeccatrishel]

Man, I have to try this one.

[@cerridwen20]

Some depictions of this style from the period also show a way of creating the look by combing all the hair on one side towards the temple and start the braiding in the front and then leading the braids to the back (probably securing them on the back of the head), so you also have the thickest part around the face. Also you do not have the braids bulging up on the top of the head and the veil looks nicer.

[@pedinurse1]

very pretty

[@estellechampagne669]

BRAVO 👍🌹💐🌞

[@isammolina4842]

El velo tiene los bordes algo deshilachados...

[@marianormaaceves]

so beautyfull

[@labananiere]

Ciel que cette jeune femme est belle! Des cheveux comme ça c'est extrêmement rare, coiffeur = danger pour les cheveux.

[@anonymousdratini]

the style makes me think of Princess Leia

[@nailahnok2760]

same here

[@bethanycousineau197]

Interesting.

[@labananiere]

Je l'aime...

[@annakublik3272]

a jak ktoś ma marne i cienkie włoski? ja plotę warkoczyki z przodu, przy twarzy, i zawijam do tyłu - wtedy to grubsze jest widoczne, a cienkie mysie ogonki idą za uszy ;)

[@GrzegorzAssbury]

Proszę zwrócić uwagę na rękawy sukni modelki, widoczne w ostatniej scenie. Szerokie i podwinięte.

[@annakublik3272]

Grzegorz Assbury no właśnie, jakoś to dziwne wygląda. Nie widziałam takiego obrazka nigdzie...

[@kareharpies]

the hair looks much more covered in the painting than your model displays. i think if we look at the way some middle eastern women (including jews) cover their hair with veils we see that "respectable" women like to have almost the entire hairstyle covered with maybe just the hairline peeking through. In the Catholic religion there are some conservative women who veil their hair in church service as well, and it is similar to the painting.

[@Corbeaux08]

kareharpies I imagine it varies depending on social class, practical considerations, and even just personal taste. Obviously women of high social status who could afford expensive unguents to oil and perfume the hair, as well as ornaments to decorate it, would have wanted to bend the rules as far as possible to show every possible extra inch of hair, while working women who would have been toiling and also whose main social asset would have been a virtuous reputation and not their physical charms would likely have been more strict (but again, not necessarily). The mother depicted in the painting was likely of the genteel class (and if she wasn’t in the story, then the artist who painted the scene certainly drew her that way), so a small concession made to feminine vanity would have been tolerated, and in any case, the amount of hair revealed is not drastically different from other sources from the same time period.

[@Corbeaux08]

Religion was definitely strongly woven into the fabric of daily life, and most people would have considered themselves devout, but then it doesn’t follow either that everyone in that society would have automatically been a fanatic. You cite the practices of modern hijabis, but that’s ignoring the fact that modern Muslim women are very diverse and widely differ in how they choose to follow hijab (or if they even choose to wear it at all). Many of them indeed wear their headscarves in such a way as to reveal the hairline. As for the Catholic veil worn during worship... all instances of it that I have seen among the laity are mere squares of gauze / lace draped over the head in a symbolic gesture of modesty, obviously not intended to fully cover anything. Not even nuns wear wimples anymore, and in many places, Catholic nuns go bareheaded. Religious practices do not exist in a vacuum, perfect and free of social pressures to change, but they are always informed by the societies within which they exist. So while your pedantic zeal is not unappreciated, it does not seem that you are making a valid point by nitpicking over how much hairline should or shouldn’t be showing.

[@ragnkja]

The relative in green, on whose depiction this hairstyle is based, is wearing either a much sheerer veil than used in the video, or no veil at all.