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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Darkwing Manor, post: 4341222, member: 738&quot;]Fascinating! Crowning glories! The Victorians certainly did have a hair cult, there are material culture books written about it. It wasn&#039;t considered creepy as some think today. </p><p>I must mention the art of hair weaving; into jewelry, wreaths and other keepsake mementos. Some ladies crafted their own at home using platforms similar to bobbin lace techniques, or you could send your personal assortment of locks off to the catalog companies for custom-made watch fobs, bracelets, garters and such. Honestly though, I&#039;m not sure if the hair collected from brushes would be good for this sort of art. I remember my grandmother collecting hers and leaving it out for the birds to make nests with.&nbsp; <a href="http://www.victoriana.com/Jewelry/victorian-hair-jewelry.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.victoriana.com/Jewelry/victorian-hair-jewelry.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.victoriana.com/Jewelry/victorian-hair-jewelry.html</a></p><p>[ATTACH=full]358617[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]358618[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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