Archduke Otto: Hair Styles


Figure 1.-- Otto as a boy wore long hair, although not done in ringlets. Ever after the War he wore his hair long for a few years. We note a photograph of Otto in a dark sailor suit with his hair cut short at the side, but still quite elaborately done on top. Otto looks to be about 11-12 years old in this portrait tken about 1923-24. I can't make out where the studio was located.

Otto as a boy wore long hair, although not done in ringlets. Ever after the War he wore his hair long for a few years. A photograph taken in Switzerland shows the children fishing with their father in Switzerland during 1920. They wear similar casual outfits. Adelherd wears a white skirt and the boys white short pants. All three children wear strap shoes and white ankel socks. Otto still has his long hair. The available photogrphs that Otto even at 8 years old in 1920 was wearing his hair quite long (figure 7). In fact Otto appears to be wearing is hair longer than his younger brother and even his sister. I'm not sure just whose idea this was. It seems unlikely that his mother would insist that her older son wear his hair longer than is younger brother and sister, but this appears to have been the case. Otto seems to have been quite special to his mother. One contributor tells me that Otto wore his hair long until he was about 12 years old. We note a photograph of Otto in a dark sailor suit with his hair cut short at the side, but still quite elaborately done on top.







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