A Review of the New Year Party for the Friends of the Devonshire Collection of Period Costume 2015!

On Sunday 1st February 2015 at 3pm, the Friends celebrated the New Year with a short talk, given by Julia Fox, on historic hair styles & accessories. This was followed by Gill Goddard, and her daughter, Hannah, demonstrating a 60’s hairstyle & discussing haircutting & styling techniques through to present day.!

Gill Goddard talked about the influence of celebrities on fashion & hairstyles, for instance Jackie ‘O’, Mia Farrow & Twiggy on the 60’s. There was a 20’s revival in the early 70’s with the release of the film ‘The Great Gatsby’ & then later that decade Farrah Fawcett-Majors (a member of ‘Charlie’s Angels’) inspired the next wave of fashionable hair styles. Olivia Newton-John also had an impact on the styles of the 70’s.!

It was in 1979 that Gill took her apprenticeship & so the big hair of the 80’s was what she had to contend with. It was all about big hair with a lot of height. These styles took a lot of time, but were relatively inexpensive. Blow-drying & putting in a lot of hair product, was her lasting memory of these styles.!

Gill, having read Vidal Sasson's biography, told us a little about him. He had revolutionized the cutting process with the development of the ‘a, b, c method’ in the 1960’s. He worked out how to cut architecturally around the head & apply to every shape of head & variety of hair. He favored straight hair & still to this day, the Vidal Sasson brand is very particular about the models they use to advertise their cuts, styles & products.!
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She moved on to demonstrate styling of the 1960’s on Hannah’s modern ‘bob’. She had cut her hair some days before. Having tried various different techniques of achieving the look, she felt the easiest & quickest was - on to clean hair, apply hairspray, then using the latest ‘ghds’ ('eclipse' which have chips in them, in order for them not to lose heat) hair straighteners & some back combing, the look was complete. It was very effective. As you can see below.

Become a ‘Friend’ and don't miss the next interesting talks!
Sunday 22nd February 2015 at 3pm!
‘Foundations of Fashion’ - by Dr. Kate Strasdin. (Hon. Deputy Curator)!

Sunday 29th March 2015 at 3pm!‘Fit For A Pharaoh - Dress in Ancient Egypt’ - by Pam Scott (Team member & Egyptologist)!