The phrase "French braid" appears in an 1871 issue of Arthur's Home Magazine, used in a piece of short fiction ("Our New Congressman" by March Westland) that describes it as a new hairstyle ("do up your hair in that new French braid").[2] However, no visual illustrations are provided for that context, making it impossible to tell whether it refers to the same hairstyle described above.
Dutch braid: A Dutch braid (also called an inverted French braid or reverse French braid or pineapple braid) is created when the three hair sections are crossed under each other, instead of over. It results in the look of a braid standing up from the rest of the hair, instead of being under the hair.
Fishtail braid: A fishtail braid resembles a French braid in its smoothly woven appearance, but divides the hair into only two sections instead of three. A small piece of each section is passed over to the other section over and over to form the braid. This style was called the "Grecian braid" in the 19th century.[3]
Variations of the French braid are also used to prepare horses' tails for showing polo and polocrosse.[4]
A Dutch braid, otherwise known as an inverted French braid. The braid is above the hair instead of beneath it like normal French braids.
Various braids combined to look like a French and Dutch braid.
↑"Braid Guide with Explanations of Braids/French Braid"
↑March Westland (1871). "Our New Congressman". Arthur's Home Magazine. 37–38: 222–223.
↑"Chapter LX.-- The Hair. Part I-- Arrangement. 888. Fillets". Ward and Lock's Home Book: A Domestic Encyclopædia Forming a Companion Volume to "MRS. Beeton's Book of Household Management": 538–539. 1882.
↑Braiding and Plaiting Your Horse Retrieved 2010-2-20
External links
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The dictionary definition of french braid at Wiktionary