18th century African American HeadWrap Tutorial
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Burnley and Trowbridge kerchiefs in order of appearance.
Kerchief 1- Red, Yellow & Black Flowered Neck-Handkerchief
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Kerchief 2- White kerchief www.burnleyand...
Kerchief 3- Madder Red & Indigo Wool "Romal" Neck-Handkerchief www.burnleyand...
Kerchief 4- Blue & White Linen "Romal" Neck-handkerchief
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Kerchief 5- Woven red bordered www.burnleyand...
Kerchief 6- Indigo & Yellow "Flower'd" Neck-Handkerchief www.burnleyand...
Kerchief 7- Red/green shawl
Kerchief 8-Red with Black & White Border Neck-Handkerchief
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Kerchief 9- White kerchief www.burnleyand...
(Lace kerchief- FashionRevisitedUS on Etsy)
Kerchief 10 (red headband)- Red Spot’d Resist Neck-handkerchief
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Images
Portrait of a Young Woman, late 18th century Artist Unknown, once thought to be Jean-Étienne Liotard,
Festival of Our Lady of the Rosary by Carlos Julião, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, ca. 1770s
A Negroes' Dance by Agostino Brunias, Dominica
Dance in Lynchburg, VA by Lewis Miller 1853
Queen Nzinga with Military Entourage, Kingdom of Matamba by Antonio Cavazzi ca. mid 17th century
Prince Adum (nephew of the Ashanti king) walking with a small child
“Bambara Woman" by David Boilat ca. 1840s
“Mandingo Woman" by David Boilat ca. 1840s
Barbers by Benjamin Henry Latrobe, Norfolk, Virginia, 1797
Two women talking high headwear by Agostino Brunias
Linen Day, Roseau, Dominica - A Market Scene ca. 1780 Agostino Brunias
West African musicians Antonio Cavazzi
Queen Nzinga and a Drummer in the Kingdom of Matamba
Woman from Timbuctoo, 1830
Dahomey female soldiers (known as a host) 1891
“Wolof Woman Carrying Her Child" by David Boilat can. 1840s
Grandchildren of Virginia's Governor Spotswood and enslaved woman, ca.1790-1800
“Miss Breme Jones” Attributed to John Rose ca.1752
An Overseer Doing his Duty by Benjamin Henry Latrobe, 1798
The Old plantation by John Rose ca. 1752
Negroes Dance on the island of Dominica by Agostino Brunias
Woman in White with red border kerchief by Agostino Brunias
Enslaved Women by Carlos Julião, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, late 18th cent
West Indian Women of Color, with a Child and Black Servant by Agostino Brunias,Yale Center for British Art
Seamstresses, St. Kitts, Carribean By William Kay, 1798
Famille de couleur libre, by Pierre-Marius Lemasurier, ca. 1775
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Like 18th century clothing, these headwraps have a simplicity in the construction. 19th century headwraps are more complex. 19th century coming in a month. 😁
I'm holding you to this. Where is 19th century wraps video?
Loved the video! ❤️ Looking forward to the 19th century version!
Hey, just a request as someone who has some hearing difficulties: Could you please (at some point) do the closed captioning? The auto-generated captioning makes _no_ sense. Thanks!
This is so very interesting. I just found your channel. I am togolese (West Africa) and I have family in Ghana too. When I think of black peoples history I think of Africa...and not so much your country. To see you in these clothes, well it is how it was of course in your country. You were slaves...I know that. But I seldom think of it. But only a few days ago we started to talk about it. About slavery in the US and about black peoples lives there and things like that. And I realized that I know very little about it really. But I want to learn more. I am very impressed by your videos and I have learned a lot. In my family almost all women wears head wraps every day. I will tell my family and friends about these videos. God bless!
I find it so interesting how effectively the colonizers who affected the entire diaspora have divided us as a people.
@@thesweetestteas.4534 yea, as an American I thought the entire world knew our legacy of chattel slavery.
The original tribal people of Africa and the Pacific islands enslaved each other too, and also sold people they captured to European slavers who who met them at the coast with their inhumane slave ships. What is wrong with humanity? Slavery was and is worldwide in different forms.
The tower and tower garden really did it for me 🙌🏾
I’m white and 60. When I grew up all the women and girls wore headscarves at one time or another; to keep long hair out of our faces, as sweat bands while working around the house, etc. I always envied my black classmates in high school who could fit a colorful bandana around their heads with such beautiful twists and knots. No bandana was big enough for my head LOL and I wouldn’t have known how to do it anyway. I still love the looks.
White Lace Crowning ■ Most beautiful wrap! M
So good to see other poc in reenactment! Like almost everyone else in the comment section I also have to say that the tower was my favourite
I'm a black acting student and am looking into pursuing reenactment. Thank you for all these videos, I hope you make more!
The ancestors are smiling on you! Great job. Each so beautifully done.
I love 18th century fashion. I even made my own robe a la Francoise. I made even all the historical undergarments! I want to make a gown like Dido's in her portrait with her cousin.
Those last three are downright regal.
I love historical fashion, esp. the 18th century, but this is the first time I’ve ever come across such an in-depth and explanation of fashion for the Black and enslaved community. Thank you so much for your research and dedication! Love you channel!
This is crazy! I tie my hair like this to sleep! I’ve never actually thought about how this was passed down through generations in the diaspora (I’m from Barbados and St Lucia on my mums side and Jamaica on my dads) ❤️
You look so freaking gorgeous in the last one. I love that lace and the airy-ness. I found you from Rachel Maksy and am excited to learn more about historical fashions from you. Thank you for all your effort!
I really appreciate your adding in illustrations of the head wraps in context. So exciting to see them brought to life.
Haven’t watched the video yet and I just learned about your channel today. I was sad to see that you haven’t posted in a while. I feel really lucky that you uploaded, thank you for the video!
Thank you for sharing your knowledge. I love knowing how different groups/classes dealt with fashion. The last style was insanely beautiful - and it is very powerful to see it brought to life. I am new to your channel, and so happy to learn.
My grandfather showed me a way to tie a headwrap that he learned in the Caribbean from Black folks there. It involved tying knots in each of the 4 corners of a square fabric and then connecting the ties and rolling the edges up. I could never do it right but Id love to know more about it.
I love all the information you have shared. It is so interesting to learn about the African American culture and dress. I tried to wrap up my head with a kerchief, but I didn't have much luck. Everything just slides off my head! 😁 🤪 🤣 😂
Love “The Tower Garden” with the lace edge. A great way to add flair and personal style depending on the fabrics.
Thank you for all your content. Keep up the great work!
This is great! Thank you! I would love to see the full lecture, but I don't think the Netherlands will be on the list soon 🙃 I would totally pay for a ticket to an online seminar though, if you would consider it one day! 😍
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That last one- the tower garden- actually reminds me of horned and heart shaped headdresses/ veils/ henins from the middle ages.
I was thinking the same thing. Reminiscent of the wimples and such in old Europe.
Probably coincidental, though. I imagine there's only just so many ways to tie a piece of cloth around your head, and surely people picked the same ways by accident from time to time
I like the tower best, I think. I need more kerchiefs! My hair's growing, and I'd love to rock some of these styles.
You don't know how happy I am that this channel exists! I've been looking for black historical dress youtubers for quite some time.
These different headwraps are fantastic! Thank you for giving us this sample of your lecture.
The amount of research and effort put in your videos are mesmerizing. I am a huge fan of reenactment and fashion history, lovely to see poc's narratives and perspectives on it!
A few thoughts...
The red, yellow, and black kerchief (2nd kerchief?) is gorgeous, and the sight of it drove me to the Burnley & Trowbridge site.
Those towering styles and "the Horsetail" are dramatic enough to wear to the opera or ballet.
The "Tower Garden" in those sheer white scarves?! WEDDING. LEWK. How beautiful would be the bride who wore that!
Your videos are fun to watch and very informative. I think you glowed when you arranged the final wrap with the second piece edged in lace. I also loved the red/green headpiece. I wondered about the height so thank you for the info about the donuts. I wonder what they would have used to stuff the form. It would need to be relatively light weight.I saw a bustle like padding filled with confetti cut with shears from cotton scraps then tufted to prevent drifting. that might serve the purpose. I hope you have a wonderful weekend and thank you again for your good work and these offerings.
Very nice! Very fashionable! The women nowadays should convert into wearing those 18th century headwraps, because todays hairstyles are hard to look at. Your research is very informative to fashion industry. Thanks. 👌
The Tignon Law was passed in 1786 which required Women of Afican descent whether slave or free to cover their hair. Prior to that year the head covering was optional.This is why you dont see headwraps in paintings in the 16th, 17 & early 18th century.
British law? French law? By colony in the US?
Really fascinating to see these different styles, thank you for sharing your knowledge! My favourite was definitely the tower - but I kept thinking each one was my fav until you did the next one!
Subscribed! I can’t believe I never came across any of your videos on TH-cam! The history of african Americans need to be told by us and I love how you are doing it! I do front tie when I go to sleep at night.
Those were so cool! Thank you! I love that horsetail.
I love this deconstruction of historical clothing items! I am not american so this is super interesting, and you guys do yourselves proud as educators.
Super helpful! I see what I have been doing wrong. And thank you for the tip about the wig cap.
Hard to pick a favorite. Each one has its own beauty...but...the tower and horse tail were exceptional! The tower garden (waterfall?) was the best. Thank you for posting.
Thank you so much for sharing this all too underrepresented styles! I loved the Peruvian Smooth! Any more videos on the clothing would be interesting as well!
Loved to see how versatile the fabric was and thank you for taking the time to show us and for the comprehensive links! Do you have a style or styles of head wrapping that you feel particularly drawn to or find yourself using as a "go to" for personal or historical use?
Love this! I was just asking a friend of mine to show me how she wraps her hair!! Is there any other reasoning other than fashion for the women wrapping their hair back then ??? Ur Amazing 🤩
I was fortunate enough to catch the Purchased lives exhibit in New Orleans several years ago, I think it's a permanent installment. You can Google it to see some of the exhibit. They had t few remnants of actual wardrobes worn by our enslaved ancestors, including head wraps. Also showed the companies that produced the materials. Very moving and interesting. I am so glad I have found your channel! Thanks for sharing and preserving this part of our history.
This was so interesting. I loved the tower garden! I have often wondered how the women in historical paintings got their hair wraps to look like that.
My favorite is the Tower garden, I love lace. 😍 I'll have to treat myself to "Slaves to Fashion"
That is an EXTREMELY INSENSETIVE choice of wording on your part....
@@tiziayI don't understand, that's the title of the book mentioned : "Slaves to Fashion: Black Dandyism and the Styling of Black Diasporic Identity"
I discovered you thanks to Caitlin @ Ask A Mortician. You’re amazing! I subscribed & look forward to learning more from you
I didn't even think to use the AD Guide for wrap cushions. 🤯 Thank you, thank you, thank you!
your back!* silly smile and pleased tone* ( since i do in fact have a goof smile on my face atm) I first watched your 'why don't black people reenact" video. I wanted to say that I have a great and deep respect for you and i wanted to take the time to Thank you for making that video. It brought issues i hadn't considered to light. I wish I could sit down with you and discuss history and such for an hour because it seem like it would be educational and enlightening and probably entertaining as well. As such I have subscribed, since i wish to see more of what you have to offer the world.
You look like a queen with the tall head wraps.
I have seen footage where ladies of wealth applied pomades and powders to style their hair. Seeing that textured hair requires more moisture I am curious what natural ingredients/recipes might have been used to keep hair moisturized. For instance, Indigenous Cultures in North America, might have used bear fat to keep moisture in their hair.
This was good! I really enjoyed it! The horsetail stuck out most to me.
Exquisite!!! Thanks for sharing!
Thanks for educating me.
You have a smile that can showcase any style! 🌞🌈🔥♥️
Very interesting. I enjoyed seeing all the historical pictures.
This is fantastic! I loved the tower garden and the horsetail
Thank you so much for all your hard work and research.
Very informative!
I'm so happy I found this page I burst out crying lol I'm here from a hairdressing video I saw you featured in
True beauty from ashes....
Thank you for this interesting portrayal! I first found you via your collaboration with American Duchess - I particularly enjoy your contribution to the 18th Century Beauty Book.
Wow. Super helpful.
These all looked so familiar to me, from illustrations in my childhood books of Brazilian folklore published in the 1960's and 70s
so informative! I'm in awe or your ability to tie these wraps so beautifully
Remarkable! Thank you for all your research. So glad to have this resource available
Thank you for this video! You look amazing in all of these styles :). Were several kerchiefs of different colors ever be layered in one style?
I admire headwraps. Some are simple and some so intricate. I am white. Many of my black friends wear the wraps and look so beautiful. I'd like to try it, but I don't want to offend anyone.
A year late but you should try it. There are plenty of other non-black people who wear wraps. I’m black and I’ve learned wrap styles from muslims and orthodox Jewish and orthodox Christians. :)
Hope you are able to do more content, great video 👍
Loving your videos, keep them coming, please & thank you💛
Thank you so much for doing this important work and sharing it here. I'm going to find your patreon now. I look forward to the next video!!
Very interesting. Reminds me of some European regional costumes, but also of North Africa and my own European youth where all women wore head scarves, often as a less formal alternative to a hat. What you did not do and what I know from both European regional costumes and the West Indies is heavily starching your kerchiefs to get volume and nice crisp lines, but unfortunately only one chance to get it exactly right.
Edith Wharton mentions the headwrap on cooks.
This is awesome! Thank you so much for posting it!
At first I thought you said people should checkout the “runway ads” for the style of head garments. Then I realized you said runaway ads 💔💔💔
How is it possible that the rich enslavers did not think "owning" another human being was wrong? But the tutorial is very helpful--think of all the women patients who loose their hair while undergoing chemotherapy, but find wigs too hot, but need something. This is true fashion! Bravo
They did - or at least some did, yet chose to justify it so they could continue their lifestyle. George Washington publicly spoke out against slavery yet continued to enslave people because he knew his lifestyle wouldn’t be possible without their forced labor. They must have felt some cognitive dissonance yet they chose to ignore it?
Thank you. I have seen tutorials before but this one is complete. Love it. Question: What about the Code Noir where free women of color were forced to wear Tignon and not allowed to wear bonnets. The madras cloth almost became a silent protest. Is this an urban legend? Also, around 17:36 you went out of focus and came back into focus at about 21:00. I hope that was my computer. Cheers
I know protective hairstyling is commonly used for heavily textured hair because the ends are so easily broken if each hair is super curly, but did black women sometimes keep their hair shorter as an alternative to protective styling, particularly young girls and teens? Were cornrows the most common protective styles used (I have heard the braids could even be arranged to show a map of roads to take for escape)? How might styling and head wrapping change as a woman transitions from girlhood to adulthood and/or marriage, and even a transition to old age? In “Their Eyes Were Watching God”, the main character associates being told to wrap her hair back as dressing like “some old woman”. Obviously, as you were explaining, headwrapping was not per se, unflattering, but rather an expression of style and culture. Still, I have heard that in some places around the 18th c. time period, laws were enacted to make black women (I believe specifically free and/or mixed black women) cover their hair as an attempt to sort of “asexualize” them, but the women kind of made it their own thing with beautiful scarves like the ones you showed on this video to express theme selves and a sense of cultural identity.
Thank you so much! You're an amazing person!
So glad I found you this was very interesting!
African American proverb (it works for all folks): "You get a better idea of where you're going if you know where you've been".
I don't remember my mom tying her hair up. I try things that are reflective of my descendants but my family don't wear headwraps. this is interesting.
Very interesting 🧐 I cam from Abby Cox video. 🖐🇨🇦🇨🇦
Great video!
What happened at 7:07? Seems like a certain bit was edited out. 🤔
Great video! Do you have a citation list of the images you reference?
I saw you video with Rachel Maksy and I am wondering......I am white, and European, so I do not know how it is in the US. Do you consider it offensive if white people use the fashions you present?
Did you do any research about head wraps in Louisiana and the difference between free blacks and slaves there. Especially in New Orleans and the Sputh of the state. ?
So interesting to see how much crossover there is with traditional Egyptian head wrapping
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So why do you think woman covered their head back in the day's???
I know the bible tells us ladies to.❤I love your smile and heart
We've all slept with that front tie a little too tight, am I right?
*^ Hebrew women in North America.
Ur erasing ur own history.