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Hi,
I just received another catalog for Museum Replicas (www.museumreplicas.com) and all throughout the catalog are men and women dressed in medieval and Renaissance garb. I noticed that a majority of the men shown in this catalog have shoulder-length hair, and some have hair that is much longer. Where did men go wrong and start cutting their hair shorter, and why?
Rick
Hi Rick,
Well I think sometimes it's peer pressure with some people, or a "so called dress code at work". Also in them days in sure the hair kept their ears and head warm in winter, well that's my excuse anyway. Even today there are is alot of re-enactment going on with Ren Faires and the Sealed Knot it the UK and they all seem to some out the woodwork.
I've heard enough stories of people that had great looking longhair and they cut and of course the next day regret it. Good job there is places like this that offer support like this.
John.B
The Romans! Thy cut their hair short to make a difference in look between them and the barbarians.
Bad move. St Paul, please note.
That 'Roman soldier' look persists in militaries today.
Makes me glad to be descended from the "hated" Germanic tribes of the era.
I dunno if it give you the answers you want, but this article on the History of Hair might help explain things:
http://library.thinkquest.org/26829/text-only_3-styles_e.htm
You're right, it doesn't answer his question! (not your fault, of course). It concentrates on women and is very patchy on men's hairstyles. It does however suggest that Greek/Roman styles had influence in much later periods, so maybe we can blame the bloody Romans after all. "What have the Romans ever done for us?" "Well ... there's the aqueducts...".
