[post_page_title]Picnic at Hanging Rock: The hair did not match the period[/post_page_title]
Picnic at Hanging Rock was set in the 1900s but looking at the female characters’ hair would lead you to falsely believe that they grew up in the 1970s. During the early 1900s, a young girl’s hair was usually worn down and back, while grown women’s hair was usually worn up and accompanied by light tendrils.
In the film, the girls wore their hair straight with a light wave, while parting it in the middle and bringing in over their shoulders. Not to be outdone, the grown women in the film showcased every fashionable ’70s trend from frosted eyeshadow, and a bouffant so high it would make Brigitte Bardot jealous. Not very relevant for the supposed time period!