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about Rosamund Pike
Why did Rosamund Pike's character have short hair in the period drama Wives and Daughters. It seems odd that a Lady would wear short hair.
When a period drama replicates fashion to the nth degree, why would Lady Harriet have a 1970's shag hairdo? It didn't make sense to me, but it certaiinly wasn't an oversight. There had to be a reason for it.
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I wondered the same thing. Masterpiece Theater posted the following informative reply in their forum on the BBC website. The entry is undated.
"We received many comments and questions about Lady Harriet's hair. In fact, a short, spiky hairstyle such as that Lady Harriet wore at the end of the series was considered ultra-fashionable in the late 18th and early 19th centuries in emulation of classical Greek style. In Paris, where the trend began, this hairstyle was known as 'chevelure a la Titus.' In her wonderful book The Art of Dress, Jane Ashelford notes "The new antique style did require boldness, for wearing a simple muslin dress based on the drapery depicted on Greek vases and statuary meant dispensing with corsets and reducing underclothing to a simple shift. The wearer had to bare her arms, draw attention to her bosom by raising the waistline and lowering the neckline of her dress, and have her hair cut 'in the manner adopted by the most eminent Greek sculptors.'"
"We received many comments and questions about Lady Harriet's hair. In fact, a short, spiky hairstyle such as that Lady Harriet wore at the end of the series was considered ultra-fashionable in the late 18th and early 19th centuries in emulation of classical Greek style. In Paris, where the trend began, this hairstyle was known as 'chevelure a la Titus.' In her wonderful book The Art of Dress, Jane Ashelford notes "The new antique style did require boldness, for wearing a simple muslin dress based on the drapery depicted on Greek vases and statuary meant dispensing with corsets and reducing underclothing to a simple shift. The wearer had to bare her arms, draw attention to her bosom by raising the waistline and lowering the neckline of her dress, and have her hair cut 'in the manner adopted by the most eminent Greek sculptors.'"
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