Toga Party

I`m getting my hair done for a dance and the theme is like a toga, greek, type thing and I was wondering what I should have done with my hair. Thanks!

Curls!
As far as we can tell from statues of the Roman and Greek period women wore their hair curled a lot. Either piled high or loose at the back. I personally suspect that these styles actually represent the way hair was worn for special occasions and not the way the average Roman or Greek woman actually wore it from day to day - even with a host of slaves to do it for her the time spent would have been astronomical :-) Mind you the top rank of society might well have had their hair done like this in order to make a statement about their rank and prestige!

Teh museum in York has some hair from a grave which was preserved due to fortunate soil conditions and which is just twisted up in a plain bun like you`d see on any street today! Something tells me that this is the `everyday` style.

There is little doubt that in many cases these elaborate styles were actually wigs (dark hair from India is listed on the `price edict` of the Emperor Diocletian in the 3rd century and blonde hair from the Rhine frontier was also traded).

Try a look which puts most of your hair up in a bun, with curls loose around it and at the back.

Oh, and Roman women didn`t wear togas btw, they wore a simple underdress with a cloak-like robe over the top.