If New York City was the fifth character in SexAndTheCity, the hairdos on GentlemanJack deserve their own billing in the credits
Photo: HBO Even if you haven’t watched HBO’s new period drama Gentleman Jack, you’ve probably seen a trailer or an ad for the series somewhere and marveled at the intricate hairstyles sported by the two main characters, Anne Lister and Ann Walker . The coiffures on the show are so pronounced, so tight, so, well, 19th century that it’s hard to get them out of your head.
According to the show’s head hairstylist, Lin Davie, on set the curls became known as “the croquettes,” as in potato croquettes. The style was modeled after what women sported at the time. Davie said the team started with the two portraits of Lister and then pored over reference books to ensure historical accuracy. The croquettes are made up of a tight bun on the back of her head and two barrel-shaped curls stacked atop each other and pinned horizontally above Lister’s ears.
When I asked Davie how I could attain the look, she laughed and warned me that though the style looks simple, it’s deceptively tricky. “Hers is the hardest one out of everybody because you have to get those curls really tight at the side, otherwise they won’t stay firm,” Davie said. She told me to part my hair down the middle and think about the style in sections. “Take a section from the crown and leave two front sections out,” she said.
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