Men had trades before the war and they returned to them after independence was won.) The hair-dresser cut and dressed hair for both ladies and gentlemen, made wigs and hair pieces, created braids, and in some cases was also skilled in shaving. The British Army was the first to dispense with it, and by the end of the Napoleonic Wars most armies had changed their regulations to make short hair compulsory.
18th century military queue hair series#
(This is part of our series of articles on pre/post Rev War occupations. In late April and May 1775, food shortages and high prices ignited an explosion of popular anger in the towns and villages of the Paris. The queue lost favor amongst civilians, but continued as the mandatory hairstyle for men in all European armies until the early 19th century.
0 kommentar(er)
