Mid-victorian Hair styles

the styles in victorian eras although they changed a lot as it was a vast time period you can still see the same structure and ideas but they just evolve. so from the early victorian to mid victorian we can see a more flattering 'romantic' look. the curls and twists begin moving further away from the face not blocking it in so much. the curls are also less tight and the hair styles were beginning to have more tendrils and are more often adorned with flowers then before. bonnets are still in fashion as they were in the early victorian hairstyles but are more varied than the rather standard bonnets from the early
in this sense the bonnets evolve with the hair structures so they can still be secured to the hair without flattening it.

an example of early bonnets structure:

 the general shape of the back of the bonnet actually stays the same a lot leaving a small bun shaped amount at the crown of the head. the images i have sourced here are from the internet and disappointingly i can't find the books they were from only the years which i believe to be 1812. you can see that these hats and bonnets are quite colourful these would be the hats that far more wealthy victorians could own.

of course people who couldn't afford to spend lavish amounts on bonnets and change them there selves they would most likely be looking to the ladies' self instructor in millinery and mantua making, embroidery and appliqué, canvas work, knitting and netting, and crocket- work by R.L Shep. Yes, that is the full name, i know it just roles of the tongue, real catchy. but to a lot of women in the victorian day this was the way to adorn your hair, make it yourself if you can't afford it. pretty similar to us today I guess. 

within this beautifully titled book in 1853 we can see illustrations of the kind of adorning and bonnets they were aiming for in the mid-victorian times

although these may look less elaborate than the earlier bonnets, this is mainly as they are in black and white sketches, and are as plans for women to make them there selves. the change that when looking carefully i noticed is that although the earlier pictures have more varying bows and fronts in comparison to the later ones (again this is just to represent the structure in the later pictures) the back of the bonnets are a lot more accommodating for different shaped hair structures.

as I can't deny I like researching the actual sketches more than portraiture I searched for mid-victorian era hair styles in illustration i found it quite difficult to find the in-between stage of the tight buns and the practically fully let down hair of the late victorian hairs, but in a book I found in the library I stumbled across some beautiful imagery from the mid contrary and you can defiantly see the less restricted shapes, but with clear structure. initially i thought that i would really prefer late victorian hair but after finding this illustration I could be swayed to say that i think this is a very delicate and sophisticated look that i would be blessed to ever be capable of recreating. but I'm defiantly going to try.