Workshop “Fashionable Hairstyles of the Roman Era”, within the exhibition “Femina Balcanica: Mater, Matrona, Augusta, Dea. Woman on the Balkans in Antiquity” of the National Museum of Serbia, was held in the Gallery of the National Museum Kraljevo, on Thursday, March 14th, 2024, starting at 6 p.m. The main idea of the workshop was to reconstruct two hairstyles from Roman times on models, and to familiarize the audience with the way these hairstyles were made and their final appearance. Therefore, two hairdressers from Kraljeva, Branka Niketić, “Branka” salon, and Jelena Rozgić, “Magic Touch” salon, participated in the workshop, who did reconstructions of hairstyles on models Dunja Negić and Snežana Jovanović. The workshop was moderated by Jelena Marković, art historian.
Jelena Rozgić created a hairstyle for Snežana Jovanović for everyday occasions, which was worn by matrons – mistresses of the house inside and outside the household in everyday work and responsibilities, while Branka Niketić made Dunja Negić a festive hairstyle close to empresses and women from the upper, patrician class.
While making hairstyles, Jelena Marković and Branka Niketić talked about hair care in the Roman period, the means used to wash and care for hair, as well as ways to lighten or darken hair. How the hair was shaped and how it was cut in conditions when there were no scissors. Hairstyle was a symbol of social status, and trends and fashion were dictated during the time of the empire by the empresses themselves. During the workshop, which was well attended, the audience asked questions and participated in the work.