Chastity hair, with horns

Anybody engaging in Venetian history have stumbled over images of women with their hair set as a couple of horns.

This hair dressing fashion first appeared at some time in the second half of the 1500s, and lasted into the early 1600s. Apparently, the style remained almost exclusively Venetian for the entire period.

Despite being quite eye-catching, the hairstyle doesn't seem to have a name.

The printer and engraver Giacomo Franco wrote in 1610:

It has not been many years that the Women of this City have been accustomed to wearing their hair in high curls, having previously worn them much lower.

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