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Hairstyles and Fashion - A Hairdresser's History of Paris, 1910-1920 (Hardcover)
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Hairstyles and Fashion - A Hairdresser's History of Paris, 1910-1920 (Hardcover)
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The way a society deals with hair speaks volumes about its
structures, its wealth, and its values. How is hair arranged? Is it
left long or cut short? How often is it washed? Do men and women
treat their hair differently and what does this tell us about
gender? This stimulating book contains articles written by the
Paris hairstylist Emile Long between December 1910 and December
1920 for an English trade journal. Long's purpose in writing was to
keep English coiffeurs informed about the goings-on in the world of
fashion and hairdressing in France, and especially in Paris. In
doing so he has provided us with a personal cultural history of the
world's most fashionable city in a period that stretches from the
end of the Belle Epoque, through the First World War, and into the
opening year of the Roaring Twenties. His investigation of
hairstyles and fashion inevitably leads him to a fascinating
discussion of important historical issues: the 'true' nature of
Woman; the genesis and democratization of fashion; and popular
attitudes towards hygiene. With his engaging literary style Long
invites us to think about consumer habits and technology, notions
of fashion and cleanliness, and changing ideals of femininity and
the social order. Students and scholars of history, fashion and
French society will enjoy these rich and revealing accounts of what
hair means to identity and culture.
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