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“The prettiest of the Grand Duchesses,’" says Count Grabbe, "was Tatiana, the Tsar’s second daughter. In her physical appearance and her serious and ardent nature, she most resembled her mother. She was also the family’s manager and organizer, and possessed, more than her sisters, a highly developed sense of her position as the daughter of the Tsar."

How very true! Tatiana’s 1914 hairstyle was fabulous and one of a kind. Are there any historical hair experts here? ;)

The three eldest would adopt this hairstyle

Tatiana wore a wig for this formal photograph she had typhus after drinking contaminated water during the tercentenary celebration. The wig has always intrigued me because it wasn’t the fashion of the time.  

27 February 1918: “Our hair has grown, it is as long as in that picture after I had typhus, with the ribbon in it, do you remember?  It grows much quicker now because I think first we had our heads shaved twice and secondly we did not wear wigs so it was much more comfortable. The first time I was ashamed of myself as I was all alone, but now we are all four in the same state!”

Anastasia had this old fashioned hairstyle like her mother here, curly or frizzed bang was very popular during the Bustle Period it was even called the “Alexandra Fringe” after Anastasia’s great-aunt Queen Alexandra.It wasn’t until 16 or so that young girls pinned up their hair. And well Anastasia and Maria hairstyle in 1914 is quite easy to reproduce :)

Traditional hairstyle/ Sviledgrad, Haskovo region, Bulgaria

Mayerling.

Melissa Hamilton and Rupert Pennefather.

Lauren Cuthbertson and Thiago Soares.

Natalia Osipova and Edward Watson.

Melissa Hamilton and Rupert Pennefather.

Natalia Osipova and Edward Watson.