As the high pompadour falls, hair widens at the sides. It is center parted and flat on top, with the forehead trimmed in a fringe of curls. Side hair is frizzed or curled in ringlets.
Back hair is twisted into a bun.
The coif remains in style. The steeple hat is worn over the coif and other simple hoods. Ruffs are large. The largest are called Millstones. A flat collar, which falls over the shoulders, replaces the ruff in the 1640's.