Gothic Horror: Films With Early Victorian Hair

I have begun to research films and television series that were set in the early victorian era. I have done this is to get an idea of the hairstyles created and look at the accuracy within the films.

The TV series that I have chosen to study is the TV Mini Series from 2006 of 'Jane Eyre'. This series is set in the 1840's and1850's. The hair during this period ranged from an apollo knot with a centre parting and loop plaits with ringlets to a style where it was smooth on top with ringlets and was usually covered by a bonnet, Accessories were also being added such as flowers and ribbon. I decided to choose this series as I remember watching it when it first came out, it is interesting for me to study it now as I appreciate far more what society was like at the time and also the accuracy of the styles as well as how to create some of the looks. I like the hair designs in this series as I think they are very accurate to the time. They are also very beautiful especially the image below of Christina Cole who has very pretty and tight ringlets. I however would say that I think the hair looks too clean and healthy, in the Victorian era women rarely cut their hair meaning that after constant heat it would become very damaged. I also feel that the ringlets in the first picture are too short as Victorian women are famous for having very long hair and ringlets. I also think the bottom image is slightly too far forward in terms of hairstyles. I think that the hair is too loose and a style such as this would not be seen until later on in the Victorian era.