Historical Hair Project

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Text Resources

bulletUse the books pulled by library staff as well as the encyclopedias (also available online -- see below).

Online Databases

bulletGo to the Alberta Learning Online Reference Centre (click on "ORC") 
bulletChoose Grolier Online.
bulletThen type your search term in the box in the bottom right corner of the page (Search Grolier Online). You'll get a list of articles from different encyclopedias.
bulletAlso search in World Book Online.
bulletBoth have articles on the history of hairdressing.

Internet Resources

Doing a search on Google such as "1920's hairstyles" will return many sites. Here are some good ones to get you started.

bulletHats and Hair Fashion History http://www.fashion-era.com/hats-hair/hats_hair_atop.htm
bulletA History of Hair http://www.hairstyles-and-hair.com/hairstyles_and_hair/hair_articles/complete_hair/history_of_hair1.htm
bulletThe Hair Archives http://www.hairarchives.com/
bulletThe Costume Gallery http://www.costumegallery.com/ Scroll down for articles on hairstyles.
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A Brief History Of Hairstyles http://www.erasofelegance.com/hairstyles.html

bulletThe History of Hats and Wigs http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blwig.htm
bulletAmerican Cultural History - 1960-69 Fads and Fashions http://kclibrary.nhmccd.edu/decade60.html#fads
bulletThe Museum of Costume http://www.museumofcostume.co.uk/ Traces fashion from the 17th to the 20th centuries.
bulletFASHION: PAST & PRESENT http://www.teacheroz.com/fashionhistory.htm A huge list of links to various sites about fashion. You may want to start here!
bulletFashion History and Costume Eras, Victorians to Haute Couture http://www.fashion-era.com/
bulletHairstyles of the Victorian Era http://www.shootingstarhistory.com/hairstyles.html
bulletHuman Ecology: Textiles & Apparel: Cornell Costume Collection http://costume.cornell.edu/ This site has an online gallery of selected items from the collection of European and American fashions from the 18th century to the present. Not all have accompanying images.
bulletCostume History at the Costume Manifesto http://www.costumes.org/history/100pages/costhistpage.htm
bulletBissonette on Costume: A Visual Dictionary of Fashion This site displays many images of costumes, clothing and accessories from the 18th, 19th and 20th Centuries. The time browse breaks each century down into decades, with images of actual clothing from each time period.
bulletHistory of Fashion This site includes fashion information and photos for each decade from 1900-1990. A highlight is that the site discusses the reasons for the development of some items of clothing.

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