Hair Extensions in the 16th Century
It was not a secret that Queen Elizabeth I loved height-enhancing wigs and hair pieces. In fact, it was assumed that the queen owned over 80 pieces. Being England’s first ever reigning queen, she had easy access to all of the newest fashions as well as the priciest materials. She even had indisputable influence on the fashion trends of the century. Elaborate hair pieces in became the range during Elizabethan England but were only affordable and accessible to the aristocracy and courtiers.…