The use of hair accessories in the Elizabethan period was dependent on the materials used for the pieces, this is what decided who wore them, the rich or the poor.
Influenced by their Queen, many of the middle and upper class women in the Elizabethan period wore elaborate Cauls and French Hoods that were covered in jewels and pearls. This enabled them to separate themselves from the lower classes as it provide obvious evidence of their wealth to those around them.
However accessorising the hair was not the only way to tell a woman's status in the Elizabethan era. For example if you look at Queen Elizabeth I's hairstyle in the image below you can see it looks very complex and extravagant ...
... This is because she had a team of people who she hired to get her ready, including a hair stylist. The fact that she had someone whom she paid to do her hair for her shows her wealth, this is something someone in the lower class of society would not be able to do, therefore their hair would be more simplistic and easier to do, making it easier to separate the rich from the poor through their hairstyles.
However accessorising the hair was not the only way to tell a woman's status in the Elizabethan era. For example if you look at Queen Elizabeth I's hairstyle in the image below you can see it looks very complex and extravagant ...
... This is because she had a team of people who she hired to get her ready, including a hair stylist. The fact that she had someone whom she paid to do her hair for her shows her wealth, this is something someone in the lower class of society would not be able to do, therefore their hair would be more simplistic and easier to do, making it easier to separate the rich from the poor through their hairstyles.
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