Seven sisters

At the end of the 19th century, a group of sisters-singers was a real hit. But the reason for that was not their incredible musical talent or beautiful songs - but the long, healthy and well-groomed hair that women wanted to have, and men sighed for it.Their hair has become the most valuable thing they have and they have successfully cashed in on it, earning a real fortune on it - they designed and sold a serum that guaranteed that you would have such hair too, only if you bought it.

Seven sisters - Sarah, Naomi, Fletcher, Grace, Victoria, Dora, Mary and Isabella were born between 1845 and 1865 and grew up on a family chicken farm near New York.

They walked barefoot because they had no shoes, and their lifelong occupation was caring for the animals they raised. Blessed with good genetics, they had healthy, long and thick hair, which was considered the ideal of that time, and their mother attributed all the credit for the beauty of their hair to a tonic with an unpleasant scent that she allegedly rubbed into it, encouraging hair growth.

Their unsightly clothes, unpleasant smell and strange behavior made them apostates in the local community, but their father, as a resourceful man, got the idea of ​​how to change it all. He sent them to sing in churches and local festivals, and with a lot of work and performances, people managed to recognize and remember them.

But many came to the concerts not only to listen to them, but to watch them in the end as they waved their absurdly long hair that would literally come off the stage and even reach the orchestra.

Although the girls were quite talented, the audience was not interested in that at all. What caught my attention was their long hair dragging on the floor. In total, the length of the Sutherland sisters' hair was 11.27 meters!

At that time, such a display of hair was considered very bold, and even risky, since long loose hair was associated with sexual allusions.

Thanks to that hair, the sisters became incredibly successful - they were on the front pages of newspapers, and groups of their fans stopped traffic as they followed them.

Some even tried to approach them in order to cut off a part of their hair, and as their fame grew - business offers also increased. In the end, Circus Barnam and Bailey invited them, which they readily accepted because it provided them with a larger audience every day to whom they could sell their hair serum.

Women across the United States, and of course many men, bought liters of that serum, despite the fact that it didn’t work at all.

The mixture consisted of rum, magnesium, herbs, and even acid. Later, they added things like combs, scalp cleansing brushes, and even hair dyes to sales packages. People went crazy for the products and the family made millions.

After a major world tour in 1893, the sisters returned to their home in New York City, where they built a magnificent house that looked like a castle, all on the foundations of the former hut in which they lived.

Their home was incredibly luxurious at the time, they had their first bathroom bathroom in a house in the county, and the real treasure was to have hot and cold water in it. They ordered crystal chandeliers and the best types of wood from Europe, and even hand-decorated beds that they imported. The girls organized balls.

they quarreled with each other and there were physical conflicts. The most common reason was the abduction of a lover or simple jealousy and envy. In addition, they became prone to vices and enjoyed alcohol and drugs at the time.

Only two of the seven got married and started a family - but they also chose men much younger than themselves, while the rest enjoyed changing men like socks.

Although people continued to buy and apply serums that did not help them, no one wanted to publicly admit and examine it, because there could be a problem in himself.

The sisters were eventually ruined by a fashion that turned to shorter hairstyles.

The sisters were not destroyed by public condemnation and the discovery of their deception, but by a benign fashion trend of wearing short hairstyles. The serums stopped selling, but they did not end their lavish life. Because of that, they died in poverty greater than the one they experienced as children ... But, they never cut their hair.