{"product_id":"coffee-table-book-of-bridal-hair-hardcover","title":"Coffee Table Book of: Bridal Hair (Hardcover)","description":"\u003cp\u003eCoffee Table Book of: Bridal Hair is a large-format coffee table book about bridal hair, printed edge to edge in colour, one picture to a page and the widest carried across two. The brides are seen mostly from behind or close to, so the hair is the subject: brides with straight, wavy, curly and coily hair, long, short and in between.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt opens with chignons and low buns: a smooth chignon at the nape and a soft bun of honey-blonde waves held with pearl-headed pins. Then twists and high buns: a smooth French twist, a high bun banded with ivory satin, and a sleek high ponytail. Then soft, loose updos, with tendrils at the neck and copper waves pinned low behind one ear.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThen braids: a French braid running down the back, raised Dutch braids meeting in a low bun, a loose fishtail, a rope braid of twisted strands, a long braid coiled into a bun, and braids wound all the way round the head.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThen curls and coils: a soft updo of tightly coiled hair with sprigs of eucalyptus, spiral curls pinned high, a round puff tied with a wide satin ribbon, and soft coils set with a single white gardenia.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThen hair worn down: long glossy waves, hair worn half up, and dark curls loose beside a calm sea. Then short hair: a sleek bob with a comb of seed pearls, and a close crop with a white rose. Then vintage waves and rolls: glossy S-shaped waves, smooth rolls pinned high above the forehead, and hair swept up high and full.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThen fresh flowers: a wreath of orange blossom, waxy white stephanotis, jasmine wound through a braid, myrtle, blush-pink garden roses, lily of the valley and a single peony.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eToward the end, veils and crowns: a long sheer veil falling from a low chignon, a very long veil trailing over a lawn, a lace veil draped over a tall comb, a short veil of open net, a veil streaming sideways on a cliff top, and crowns of fresh flowers, ferns and green leaves.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShort notes run through the book. They are about bridal hair, its customs and its history rather than about the pictures: what a Russian bride's single braid became on her wedding day, which French hairdresser gave his name to a wave set with hot tongs, how old the rhyme of something old and something blue is, and what colour a Roman bride's veil was.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePrinted in full colour on heavy 150gsm coated paper at 216 x 279 mm (8.5 x 11 inches), as a hardcover with the art printed on the case.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cedar Pine Editions","offers":[{"title":"Case Bound - PPC","offer_id":68148219248944,"sku":"9671456004457","price":22.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0262\/2357\/5085\/files\/9671456004457.jpg?v=1792627334","url":"https:\/\/www.thegreatbritishbookshop.co.uk\/products\/coffee-table-book-of-bridal-hair-hardcover","provider":"The Great British Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}