You either had theses locks naturally or you could create them artificially. The beauty ideal for women was long, curly and blond hair and only clean, shiny and well groomed hair was considered beautiful. A hat is customary for almost all men, be it straw or felt or a coif like my colleague here or a variation of a male hairnet like the one I made for my colleague which you can see here in detail . The men wear their hair usually in chin lengt and often curled, sometimes with a pony in the front, but we occasionally also see short hair and longer hair . Especially the church is of course the happier, the less hair you can see. After the wedding or from a certain age on, it is customary to braid the hair and/or cover it with a veil. Open hair in public is a privilege of young and unmarried women though. On the few occasions, when we can see untamed hair of medieval women, we can see a pretty similar picture of how women cut their hair. Please do follow also the links in the text to find further reading material, original sources and intersting tutorials. I brought this to digital paper now to be able to link it in the future. On one of our events at the Museum Tiroler Bauernhöfe last weekend, I did a little lecture on hair care and hair dos as well as hair in general. by Rotschopf in Clothing, Hygiene and cosmetics, Tutorials, Women's stuff
Hair care and hair dos in the 14th century
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