Victorian Kids Hairstyles
Victorian fashion and style were very different from what people are used to today, especially for children. Unlike modern parents, Victorian parents were not as concerned with defining their children's gender according to colors or clothing. Pink was not yet associated with girls and boys were also often dressed the same as girls, wearing simple, practical dresses. Just as children's clothing has changed a lot, so has children's hairstyles. Does this Spark an idea?
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Young Girls
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Young girls in the Victorian period wore long curled hairstyles known as barley curls or sugar curls, which would hang down loosely around the back and sides of the head. The curls would reach just above the shoulders.
Young Boys
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Young boys would sometimes have curly long hair, like young girls, or else short hair, oiled and parted on one side, like Victorian men. There wasn't a distinctive style of hair or dress for young boys in the Victorian period. Styles for young boys and young girls were very similar.
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Older Girls
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Older girls would also wear long, curly hair, but they would also comb the hair differently depending on the style of the time during the Victorian period. After the invention of the crimping iron in the 1870s, young women began crimping the front of their hair to create a wave. Hair was sometimes kept in a bun in the back. Young girls also wore small decorative hats when outside.
Older Boys
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Older boys wore the same hairstyles as Victorian men. They had short hair that was kept manageable with hair oil, and they parted the hair from one side to the other. Older boys also attempted to grow longer sideburns, a beard or mustache.
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