Preparing to delve 100 years into the past ...

[scottishlass]

It is raining ... what else is new? ... and I'm packing my bag for the shooting this afternoon. The Lokalzeit Wuppertal, a local third programme, is interviewing participants of the Official NRW Anniversary day in August and visiting my dear friend Nan today. A cuple of other re-enactors will be present and we will talk about living history and not only reading about it as well as sewing a bit or two. Afterwards they want to see us in our costumes.

After a third failed attempt to create a good pouffy Gibson Girl hair style, I hope that Nan can help me. Hopefully, pictures and stuff will be following in the enxt few days.

Comments

[koellegirl.livejournal.com]

I wish you lot of fun, Una. A shame I can't watch the programm here in K. Do you know, if it is possible to watch it on the internet? I would love to see some photos of you.

[scottishlass.livejournal.com]

They are airing it on 30th of July and you can watch it with DVBT. Olly will tape it and I will put it up on youtube :)

[back2real.livejournal.com]

ooh, pictures, cool! good luck with the hair, I have NO idea how they used to do that, back in the day!

[scottishlass.livejournal.com]

Oh that is really easy .. you use hair rats to get that poufy towering look. You first let your hair down, use a hairrat that gets all around your head like a hat and then roll up your own hair around the rats and make a knot on top of your head.

[back2real.livejournal.com]

wow! I'm almost afraid to ask, but why are they called hair rats?

[scottishlass.livejournal.com]

Because they are originally made of hair, I collected hair out of my brush for a year until I got enough to use it as a rat. I think it is called rat because when you roll the hair to create knots and tangles (like doing it with wool when you create felt) and aren't these called rat's nests (they are called like that in German, when you have tangles and knots in your hair).

[back2real.livejournal.com]

ahhh, wow, I get it now. Ya, we call it a rat's nest when your hair is all tangled up!