Celtiberian Star Wars heroines. There is a great amount of time and money behind the fallera’s attire and hairstyle. Fallas are a true cult of craftsmanship and a waste of luxury, brightness and colour. A baroque whim inherited from the taste for ostentation implanted by the Bourbon kings in Spain in the eighteenth century. The middle part hairstyle and a single back bun comes along with the 18th-century suit (adorned with a bodice on the outside, a scarf that covers the neckline and the apron). In contrast, the three hair buns (a big one in the back and two smaller ones placed on both sides of the head) are suitable for the dress of the nineteenth century, which has a shorter lantern sleeve. Finally there would be the huertana, which is characterized by a rear bun accompanied by flowers on the right side.

Article by Marta Moreira