As the skirts of the dresses were drawn back towards the late 1860's so was the hair with pulling it back to reveal womens ears. The flat top and the curls spiralling down the back of the neck copied the details on the back and train of the gowns.
The industrial revolution created a massive rise in the middle class which brought a lot more new fashions and hairstyles to the era. By the 1850's department stores became popular meaning that women bought a lot of hair pieces to go in their hair. This depended on their wealth as to what kind of piece they bought. When the civil war was going on during 1861-1865 this brought a new hairstyle for women. It was more to do with practicality during the war rather than extreme hairstyles with hair pieces. The hair was worn off of the face and put tightly into a bun so that no hair was down in the face and bothering the women. It was a lot more practical to have no hair hanging down around the face whilst women was working.
Towards the end of the 19th century curling irons were introduced which changed Victorian women hairstyles again and they become a lot more influenced by soft waves. However, only those who could afford curling irons would use them. They were introduced by Marcel Grateau and was known as the 'Marcell wave', it was a lot more natural wave to the hair rather than the sausage curls we saw in the 1860's.
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