All victorian girls and women had extremely long hair as they never cut it and would let it grow as long as they could. In this case the longer the hair, the better because the longer the plaits could get, meaning they could do more with their hair. Long, flowing hair was only acceptable in childhood for girls, long hair was not considered acceptable to wear when you were older as long hair was sexualised and considered to 'set the male heart fluttering' and was considered sexy to watch a lady let their hair down or put their hair up.
Early victorian hair consisted of a lot of plaits, buns and ringlets. Pre civil war it was popular to have ringlets at the front of the head to frame the face with a bun at the back of the head and also to have the plaits at the front of the head, looping underneath the ear and pinning to the bun. This was a popular hairstyle to women because they wore a lot of bonnets and that fitted underneath the bonnet but you could also see either the ringlets, sausage curls or plaits at the front out of the bonnet. The neater the hair and the different kind of hair pieces added depended on your wealth and social class.
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