Figure 1.--This Italian boy was photographed in Firenze, probably in the 1880s. He has elaborate ringlet curls which he wears with a sailor suit. He looks to be about 5 years old. Image courtesy of the MD collection.
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Figure 1.--This Italian boy was photographed in Firenze, probably in the 1880s. He has elaborate ringlet curls which he wears with a sailor suit. He looks to be about 5 years old. Image courtesy of the MD collection. |
I have no historical information on historic hair styles for boys in Italy. Available images suggest that long hair was popular for boys in the late 19th and early 20th Centuries. I do not know if it was popular to curl the boys' hair into ringlets as was the case in America or to leave in uncurled as was the case in France. We note an image of a bnoy with ringlet curls, probably from the 1880s, wearing a sailor suit. Our Italian images are too limited at this time to draw any valid conclusions. Some mothers
apparently liked to add hair bows to their sons long hair as was popular in France. I am not sure when a boys long hair was generally cut in Italy. It appears it was usually done after and not before a boy was breeched.
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