Crown Braid

The Crown Braid (German: Gretchenfrisur, or Bauernkrone ("farmer crown") is a women's hairstyle that was once popular with European women. It consists of the hair braided and piled atop the head.^[1]^[2] The hair can either be pinned up with bobby pins, or braided around the head in a technique similar to the dutch braid or french braid, adding strands of hair continously while braiding around the head.

The crown braid was worn by women for centuries to keep long hair safe during farm work. Thus, it became associated with folk styles. It is also well suited to be worn with Tracht head coverings.

But the style has been around for much longer than that, with sources pointing towards ancient mesopothamian history. ^[3]

In the early 2000s, the hairdo gained some attention when the Ukrainian politician Yulia Tymoshenko wore it.^[4]

Etymology

The style is sometimes named Gretchenzopf (Gretchen braid) for Gretchen, Faust's love interest from the writing of Goethe.^[5]

n the English language, this hairstyle might also be called halo braid.^[6]^[7]

References

^ Schur, Maxine Rose (March 2021). "My Cousin Fritz Was Married to a Nazi". Hadassah. Archived from the original on 2021-04-06. Her blond hair was braided and piled atop her head in the German style called Gretchen frisur.
^ "Gretchenfrisur". NGZ-ONLINE.de (in German). Wortschatz Lexikon Uni Leipzig. 2011-01-17. Archived from the original on 2016-03-26. Retrieved 2016-03-27.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
^ "CROWN BRAID". DIZZIAK. Retrieved 2024-12-20.
^ News, A. B. C. "Why Ukraine's Former Prime Minister (and Her Hair) Are So Important". ABC News. Retrieved 2024-12-20. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
^ Names. State University College. 1957. p. 81 – via Google Books.
^ "How to Create a Pretty Crown Braid and a Half Crown Braid". Real Simple. Retrieved 2023-11-29.
^ Brown, LeAnna (2022-02-25). "Trachten: The Traditional Outfits for Oktoberfest (And what to wear for Oktoberfest as a tourist)". WanderInGermany. Retrieved 2023-11-29.

External links

The dictionary definition of Gretchen frisur at Wiktionary

[1] Schur, Maxine Rose (March 2021). "My Cousin Fritz Was Married to a Nazi". Hadassah. Archived from the original on 2021-04-06. Her blond hair was braided and piled atop her head in the German style called Gretchen frisur.

[2] "Gretchenfrisur". NGZ-ONLINE.de (in German). Wortschatz Lexikon Uni Leipzig. 2011-01-17. Archived from the original on 2016-03-26. Retrieved 2016-03-27.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

[3] "CROWN BRAID". DIZZIAK. Retrieved 2024-12-20.

[4] News, A. B. C. "Why Ukraine's Former Prime Minister (and Her Hair) Are So Important". ABC News. Retrieved 2024-12-20. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)

[5] Names. State University College. 1957. p. 81 – via Google Books.

[6] "How to Create a Pretty Crown Braid and a Half Crown Braid". Real Simple. Retrieved 2023-11-29.

[7] Brown, LeAnna (2022-02-25). "Trachten: The Traditional Outfits for Oktoberfest (And what to wear for Oktoberfest as a tourist)". WanderInGermany. Retrieved 2023-11-29.

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