Regency Hair Looks | From Bridgerton to Actually Accurate
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- čas přidán 12. 03. 2021
- Hairstyles in period dramas are rarely accurate, but Bridgerton took that to an extreme. In this video, I have a go at three hairdos, each one increasingly accurate, until we reach historical nirvana with BBC's 1995 version of Pride and Prejudice. This is something I've wanted to do for AGES, but my lack of fringey-bits has prevented me - UNTIL NOW. This is me living my best life indulging in some Austenite fantasies.
Top Tip: if you don't want to watch me do lots of hair but do want to know a bit about history, skip to the third hairstyle! Also, see the pinned comment for my fact-checked corrections of the history bits...
Do bear in mind that I filmed this at home after leaving the majority of my hair stuff in Cambridge. When I complain about running out of pins, that's because I have very few at my disposal, rather than because I've used a hundred thousand million on my head!
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To clarify/correct a few points about the history because I'm silly and didn't fact-check:
- the hairbrush was invented in the late-18th century, not the Victorian times... oops...
- hair irons (curling irons and straighteners) were a product of the Victorian era, so too late for Regency hair, but they were around by the end of the century
- the tiny little corkscrew curls wouldn't have been possible with pencils and straighteners, but could have been done with small pieces of fabric tied tightly to the head
Sorry for the inaccuracies, but I hope you enjoyed anyway!
Okay, I don't care what anyone says. The 1995 bbc show is the best out off all the pride and prejudice movie/TV remakes. Literally the beginning music makes me want to cry and fills me with immense, unimaginable joy. Colin Firth is a such a good Darcy, its just freaking perfect and I love it so much, its my comfort show. Okay ill get off my soap box now thank you tehe
YES I so agree!!
YES I've been trying to tell people this for ages!!!
AMEN!!!!!!!!!!!!
I agree! It is the best version of Pride and Prejudice
Yes! The beginning music makes me so happy, too
Your disdain for inaccuracy is beautiful 😂 the bbc version is my fav because of the historically accurate costumes and hair but also adherence to the book. I’m trying rag curls. There’s a channel called early American and they do 1820s looks. I’ve seen them curl up their hair and sort of crimp it with a small circular iron thing heated by the coals
why thank you!! the bbc version is absolutely beautiful, I completely agree, so accurate to the book and to the era, it SPEAKS to my SOUL
oooh rag curls! do tell me how they go, I'm really intrigued...
and thanks for the recommendation, I'll check them out! sounds interesting!!
alternative hairstyle title: Daphne's fringe after an appointment with the duke 😏
on a serious note you did such a good job of recreating these looks!! I loved all the music :)
@@gingerels Thank you thank you!!! :)
heheheheeee
Big fan of the BBC series as well, so I LOVED that one. I hear you on thinking that she’s more of a farmer’s daughter in the Kieran Knightly version, I missed the class in that depiction. Also, found this tutorial in order to do my hair for a Pride and Prejudice ball later this month. CanNOT wait 👏 👏
That sounds AMAZING!!! Enjoy!! I hope it all turns out well!
@@hattywillmoth thank you!
You look absolutely stunning and your improvisations are adorable! I am inspired to try these hairstyles out myself!
Awww thank you so so much!!
Thank you for the trial and error hair nstyling. I’m excited to try this hairstyle because my temple hair is thinning and this would be a good way to protect that area while I treat my scalp. Your curls will be perfect if you set you hair overnight or spend 20-30 minutes under a bonnet dryer, which makes my curls tight and springy.
Also you’re not wrong about the authenticity of the style of the ‘95 BBC Pride & Prejudice. The DVD version contains behind the scene videos where they explain how much effort they put into staying true to the regency aesthetic. Even to the point of wearing no make up which some of the actors had issues with. But it was so worth it and that version will always be my favorite one. Hands down.
3rd one P&P 1995 looks very authentic. im going to try this one. Thanks
where did you get your outfits for the 2005 Pride and Prejudice??? I love it so much!!!!
Thank you so much!!! It's from a mixture of places, mostly depop :))
I have zero idea who you are! HOWEVER! I watched this video while looking for Bridgerton hairstyles and I have subscribed Bc you are entertaining to watch! 😂
Awwwww thank you SO much!!
Thank you for this mini-tutorial. I'm writing a story in which my heroine Charlotte is a young, middle-class woman working as a private secretary to an aristocrat at a large manor house in rural Yorkshire during the Regency Era. I'm needing to acquaint myself with women's fashions of the era, hairstyles, pastimes, etc.
This was very helpful.
Your humor is amazing, I had so much fun doing these, also I have curly hair so your way of winging it encouraged me to wing it 😂
Awww thank you!! Did you try them yourself?? That's amazing! I'm so glad you had fun!
@@hattywillmoth I should have said this (singular) I’m did Daphne today, and I agree with you it is weird lol in curly hair you definitely want to go with two pleats on each side 😂 I hope you take on more historical bits even if it’s not tutorials.
@@shanalicachita thank you!! I'm glad you agree haha and don't worry, more historical content is on its way!
Awesome! The last one turned out so adorable!
Awww, thank you!!
You look utterly fabulous! These styles are made for you
Awwww thank you so much!!!
Loved your video! I came across it as my sister is going to a Bridgerton themed party and I said please don't do the tv show version of hair. It was so wrong. I shared this with her. I totally get the bang problems! I would curl mine and it would do the same thing:-)
Awww thank you so much, Erica!! I hope your sister looked fabulous!
1995 & 2005 version is my favorite I love both. But I agree that 95 is more accurate
I agree with your opinion of bridgeton! And I like that you mix 3 différents tv show
Thank you!!
this is iconic i love
yayayayyyyyy
HAHA "help! what have I done?" "that's fine...it's so not fine" :((
such a moooood
I have always wanted to do this... I like the last one the best.
Thanks, Kristen!
Your hair is gorgeous! Did you use any product to make them voluminous and so easy to part? Mine are a bit like that, on the wavy side yet if I do a braid it's ridiculously thin, and the tangles, the knots omg that's a nightmare
Aww thank you so much! No, I didn't use any products here - but I did plait my hair the day before, which is why it's so poofy
That looks brilliant.
Thank you!!
First time watching one of your videos! Gonna check out more ♥ May i ask what music you used for this video?
Awww thanks!! I used so many different snippets of music in this video, I honestly don't remember what all of them are. Each of the transition bits are taken from the series/film they come from, and then I used some generic copyright-free music for the Bridgerton section, and then some Strauss, some Dvorak, and some Tchaikovsky, I think... :/
@@hattywillmoth thank you very much! Keep it up!
@@captaintontito7406 no worries!! Thank you!
Your hair is really lovely, natural
Aww thank you!!
It’s actually easier to do these without the elastic. Use just bun pins, the shapes are easier to achieve.
Thanks for the tip, Dee!
@@hattywillmoth there's also a great Morgan Donner video from a while back about I think bronze age hair pins and fixings where she shows reproduction items in use. Out of your period, but fascinating.
And her most recent insane history of hair video....err, you'll need a drink to recover from that one, but it's very interesting.
I think you did a good job on this one btw. It's interesting to see what cut was required to get the fashionable shape and how odd some of them might look to our eyes when we are used to being able to change our style daily.
@@dees3179 I might check out Morgan Donner, she sounds really good!
Thank you! It is an interesting thought
Don't mind me, just watching this for character design research-
Adding these to your everyday hairstyles?
YEP!! From now on, I am ONLY going to look like Elizabeth Bennet ALWAYS
in all seriousness though I actually kinda loved the Keira Knightley one and it was super wearable too
The Keira knightly P and P, they don’t really try you know. It was all image and no substance, a pretty film but not Austen. And you could brush your hair in the regency. Watch Abby Cox and Morgan Donner for the hair. And you have lovely hair, you’re very lucky
hot take!!
The bbc adaptation of pride and prejudice is my absolute favourite version
it's so good, isn't it?!!
@@hattywillmoth It is, it's just lovely! And all the characters are radiant in it
@@noididntstealurcar I completely agree!!
Just before they became obsessed with 'diversity'.
The amount of people claiming they “know” their historical accuracy and can’t comprehend that costume designers know FULL WELL what research is and still CHOOSE to design differently is far more offensive. They didn’t “have a go,” and get it wrong. 🤦♀️ They choose what is best for THEIR project. The goal isn’t always historical accuracy. It’s art, not a textbook. And the nonsense that Lizzie was perfectly structured according to societal rules all the time is just a joke. Humans don’t always follow the rules.
Isn't comparing Bridgerton fashion and hairstyle to historical fashion rather like comparing Dungeons and Dragons fashions to historical fashion? Bridgerton was meant to be over the top.
May I direct you to 0:32?