May 18, 2012




How Did The Ballet Bunnet Originate?

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Ballet dancers have always known that hair flying about their faces is dangerous. Imagine what would have happened if Legnani allowed her flowing hair to stray across her field of vision in the middle of one of her famous 32 fouettes en tournant? Or Pavlova’s amazing “Dying Swan” crumpling in a heap of her generous [...]

Bunnets: Where Did They Come From?

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The Collins English Dictionary defines a bun as “a hairstyle in which long hair is gathered into a bun shape at the back of the head.” It defines a hairnet as “any of several kinds of light netting worn over the hair to keep it in place.” By combining the words bun and hairnet, a [...]