Ringlet (haircut)

A ringlet is a type of hairstyle. Ringlets are often also known as princess hair or corkscrews. It is achieved by wrapping a lock of hair around the length of a thin curling iron The curls can also be achieved by hair rollers. Loose ringlets can be created just by twisting wet hair as well.

Marguerite De La Motte wearing her hair in ringlets in the 1921 film The Three Musketeers.

Portrait of Countess Howe by Margaret Sarah Carpenter, 1834. The painting displays the ringlets fashionable in the late Regency era.

Many Haredi and Hasidic Jewish men wear payot, which may be curled as ringlets.

See also

• List of hairstyles

References

• De La Motte, Marguerite. "Close-up of Marguerite with Ringlets." The Three Musketeers. Directed by Fred Niblo, performance by Marguerite De La Motte, Douglas Fairbanks Pictures, 1921. Silent Film Still Archive, https://www.silentfilmstillarchive.com. Accessed 26 January 2024.

External links

• The dictionary definition of ringlet at Wiktionary