![]() The smaller figure has the fashionable haircut but it has not been “set” in the style of a gentleman. In the rural scene above we see two men working in a vineyard. This “setting” of the hair is what distinguished aristocrats from commonersīenedetto Antelami, the months (September), 1210-15c, the baptistery of Parma, Italy Hot metal tongs were used for this purpose – also just like today. In the above image the young man (his clothing tells us he ‘belongs’ to a court) wears his hair not only cut straight across below his ears, but obviously curled up or “set” as old-fashioned hairdressers would still say today. Kings and their male courtiers began to wear their hair in a bob. Quality clothing, textiles, jewellery all needed suitably groomed hair to go with it. In the rapidly evolving society of medieval Europe wealth and prestige was flaunted through appearance and the use of luxury objects. This is the first clue to understanding just why men in Europe in the middle ages began to adopt this style in the early 13 th Centuryįrench, illuminated manuscript, 1250c, Bibliotheque National, Paris, Fr It’s ‘high maintenance’ and requires constant care and upkeep. If anyone has ever worn a bob they will know it is not the easiest of hairstyles to cope with. This style has a cyclical reoccurrence in the history of western men’s hairdressing and today’s post will investigate when and why men chose this style over the ages. Fashionarchaeology has been reflecting on one particular haircut for a while now, the male “bob” (or rather: same length hair worn long to the neck and cut straight across). ![]() Hairstyles come and go, and sometimes come back, and back again. Haircuts are, of course, subject to changes in fashion just like all other aspects of our appearance. ![]() ![]() Anon, the Italian artist, Lorenzo Vatalaro Antiques, Milan, IT ![]()
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