Haircut

[poliphilo]

I know I said I'd grow my hair but I can never get through the bit in the middle- where the hair isn't long enough to constitute a statement but long enough to tickle the ears and be itchy. I'd love to be a cavalier but it looks like I'm destined to live out the rest of this life as a roundhead.

Perhaps I should invest in a wig. Then I could be Prince Rupert in the morning and Praise-God Barebones in the afternoon- or the other way round if I so chose. No, I'm not serious. Wigs are silly.

I was looking at portraits of late seventeenth century admirals in the Queens House at Greenwich, all of them with their fat little faces engulphed in enormous shoulder-length horsehair wigs and I was thinking "How did they stand it?"

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[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

There was something I saw on TV the other day that was saying the secret to not smelling foul is to keep your clothes clean. Our ancestors may not have taken many baths but those of them that could afford it kept their clothes well-laundered and that meant they were as sweet-smelling as any of us. I suppose if you could afford it you also had your valet or lady's maid clean your wig...

[pondhopper.livejournal.com]

All very true but you'd have to be from a certain social status to have all that done for you. The unwashed body transfers smelly bacteria to clothing so yes, keeping clothing laundered helps. However, without clothing, the unwashed body/head would not smell very attractive to put it one way.