Contemporary Elizabethan Final Design 1.
I gathered all my inspirations and skills gained over the last few weeks and put it all into practice, I included use of crimping, curling, a twisted bun at the back and a French plait. I have never had any experience with hair in the past and doing hair was very scary for me.
However, I figured I loved trying out different looks and designs and generally playing around with the hair in many ways. I can see how weeks have gone on and how I have progressed with my confidence and skills, especially the french plait, which I couldn't do at all but with putting in the practice in classes and with the extra independent study I feel a lot more confident with this; practice definitely makes perfect. I have learnt to section hair and it makes it so much easier to know step by step what you are doing in order to achieve the ideal look.
My first attempt on a model, went better then expected; my model had short thin hair and I found this tricky to make the hair stay when I back combed and crimped, I had to put a lot of effort into the back combing for it to stay and to make sure I held the crimper's close as possible to her head without touching or harming my model in order to make the hair stick upwards. I found my model difficult and fiddly and also to create the round effect of the Elizabethan rolls either side, which I had to go back over a few times for it to stay fixed to her head securely. I believe next time working on a model with thin hair I will prep the hair with moose to give the hair more volume and easier to mould and work with.
However, I felt it went better then expected, I really liked the effect I gave at the back of the hair design, which was based upon the corset design, as they used to wear these in Elizabethan times and I want to incorporate it into the design, I was happy with the way the french plait ended up and would use this in the future. Secondly, I originally created curls at the front of her face but decided to change this into something a bit more creative to show the effect of roses, which was a popular symbol in the 16th century, these were also fiddly to do but I loved the idea of these, but they seem to be a little unsymmetrical and next time I would take more time to execute these.
Whilst carrying out my design, I realised when sectioning the hair properly it really made a difference and made my design go a lot smoother and also gave me structure.
This is my first final design, I wanted to represent the front curls on the hairline to roses, during the Elizabethan times the Tudor Rose was their main symbol that represented them they worshipped it. Therefore, I wanted to incorporate roses into my design.
I wanted to keep a traditional Elizabethan style with the rounded crimped/ frizzed buns but less neat to give it a modern feel, especially with making the pinned curls at the front of the hairline unsymmetrical.
My charts show the different angles of how I will carry out my hair design, it gives me guidance and structure. After drawing up my design I carried it out on my model as shown below.
Model 1:
I really enjoyed carrying out the pinned curls, it was tricky at first to make them stay in the correct shape I desired, but I didn't want them perfect, I wanted them scattered to give the look a modern look which was inspired by Avant Garde photos which made me create this look. If I did these roses again I would try and disguise the pins more and practice with doing that, as I found it tricky to do.
At first with this design I was going for a traditional Elizabethan but then decided to create uneven rose like curls pinned which was inspired by Avant Garde photos and loved how they could represent the tudor rose but still keeping it modern. I felt this part was tricky to get them to stay and to create the correct desired shape I wanted but after going over a few times I got it and it came out well.
Another photo of one of my final design ideas, top view
Front on view of the design with the crimped back combed buns and curls pinned to the hairline
Another image of the design side view, showing a good angle of the techniques used, crimp, backcombed buns and curls pinned
Back view of the crimped, back combed buns and seeing the creation of the french plait into the twisted knot bun to finish off the design, which I really l loved the way it turned out. It looked better in person then on my design, when doing it on my model it really showed me how well it worked.
My model had fine hair so this was a challenge itself it keep the hair in place as it kept falling out and grips wouldn't hold. There was little hair to work with but I over came this by crimping and back-combing the hair, this made it more manageable for myself to carry out the design.
I also felt this design would work well on my hair because I have thicker hair and very coarse so this design would stay well. Overall this design was fun and a challenge to carry out on my model and it looked amazing, I was very pleased.
Furthermore, I got my inspiration from Elizabeth with the frizzed buns at the front of the head along with the curls where I watched Elizabeth starring Cate Blanchett where she wore her hair with curls that were pinned to her head. I also have been practicing my plait work for many weeks and felt I wanted to incorporate this into my design work and represent the corsets that women used to wear under their large gowns and to also represent the lace worn by the women in the Elizabethan era and how popular this was. Therefore, I incorporated this into my design work. I finally used a bun to finalise my work, because these were also popular during those times, but I wanted my design to have a modern twist to it.
Where I got my inspirations and ideas from
Inspirational photographs: I liked the curls placed along the front of her hair style and wanted to incorporate this into one of my final design ideas, so I this made me think and how I could make the circles looser which are pinned like this photo on my models head. I wanted the curls to be loose and to represent the Tudor rose, but in multiples, as flowers were used a lot in hair designs in the Tudor times. Also doing this would make my design more contemporary to fit today's audience.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2671679/Peeling-layers-Painting-murdered-Renaissance-princess-revealed-beneath-layers-paint-added-centuries-later-make-face-conform-Victorian-beauty-ideals.html#i-6762cb6bacc3f46d
http://lefleurdelystoo.blogspot.co.uk/2010/06/elizabeth-i-of-england.html
Reference:
Cate Blanchett
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2337774/Is-proof-Virgin-Queen-imposter-drag-Shocking-new-theory-Elizabeth-I-unearthed-historic-manuscripts.html
I love this picture of Cate Blanchett, it clearly shows the roses created with curls in the front of the head, this photograph inspired me to create the look I was after. I like the positioning of the curls and how they sit and the uneven textures but at the same time they are frizzed and the overall look is rounded to fit the Elizabethan times as well as a modern day audience. This photograph inspired me for the volume I wanted to create with the two buns on top which I crimped in order to create the big, bold rounded design, I wanted this look but in my own modern twist.
This photograph was an inspiration to my design, It showed me an modern day twist on the Elizabethan design and the curls I wanted to create on my model. I wanted to incorporate this volume with the messy curls, backcombed to create the back section with the two huge messy buns but my model had thin, short hair so this was a struggle, therefore I adapted my design to suit my model but to stay on lines with my inspirational photographs, so I crimped and backcombed to create the two buns instead.
Frizz and curls were very popular during the Elizabethan times and this was shown in my hair design I created, It reflected the 16th century Tudor roses in my design, along with curls and frizzed hair but in a alternate way to reflect my modern version.
Overall, I felt my design went well on my model, the only thing I found hard was hiding pins, when pinning the front curls down to the head and making them stay, by getting the right technique to create the rose like curls. I was surprised I found the french plait at the back of the head fairly easy and it looked as good as planned. Overall, I was very pleased with how the design turned out.
Final Design 2.
This design was especially designed for my hair, I gathered inspiration from Anne Vavasour one of the ladies in waiting with her hair design in one of her portraits, I also found pictures from Avant Garde runway which gave me the desire to adapt my design to make the buns messy, frizzed with crimp and backcomb method worked together to create the best results.
I carried this design out on my Katie doll, as we had an uneven amount of people in class to work with and my partner was male so I was unable to carry this out on him. I realised when working on the katie head, that her hair isn't as long and coarse as mine, I know I have a lot of hair to work with to create this design fully to what I desired. I found this out when a peer in my class was testing out backcombing and creating her design, this also inspired me to go big and all out on my design, I loved the way my hair looked with the volume and linked the frizz back to the Elizabethan era and the out of control backcomb with Avant Garde.
My development and changes to the hair design, these were my original thought out plans of the hair design, but I adapted it slightly with loosing the jewellery piece on the forehead as i felt this was too much and I didn't want too much jewellery. I also was going to use hair nets to make the buns smooth but felt this was too Elizabethan as I then thought Id adapt and have them frizzy but free and loose with more character showing and to fit a modern day audience.
Practice Design chart 1. Which was further developed and changed slightly to fit what I wanted out of my design
Side view of first attempt of this design before It was modified and changed to suit my look I was after
The Changed hair chart below image, with the design I wanted and I was pleased with the slit changes I made.
My hair chart based on my hair and it would work well, especially with creating volume with my hair. I developed this design with working on different techniques and what I enjoyed doing. I wanted to create an Elizabethan design with a modern twist, but wanted to use accessories in the hair as this was a big thing during the 16th century with royalty, reflecting wealth and status. However, I wanted to keep the buns neat but then decided against this to give them a modern look, as you would symbolise neat and tidy with the Elizabethan period, therefore I wanted the design to fit todays audience.
I enjoyed practicing parts of this hair design and what worked well and it all fit well together, especially on my own hair.
Here is a side view of one of my final designs, you can see the side of the buns where I have incorporated the pearls, with the Ric Raking along the hairline to create a 'Crown' like shape with the loose curls down the sides of the face, as tighter curls were used during the Elizabethan times and I wanted to make the design less neat and tidy, giving it a bit of edge.
You can see how I want the backcombed quiff giving the hair lift and volume, this was popular in the 16th century especially with the roundness and boldness.
I also decided to add another technique with a loose curl either side of the face, tight curls were common in the Elizabethan times and I wanted to incorporate this into my design but by adapting the curls to loose curls just hanging freely.
This is where I first got my inspiration for the front of my design, by practicing and playing around with ric raking in class and I loved this effect from the first couple weeks of classes. It was so simple yet effective and wanted to use it in one of my final designs.
It was created by using a small piece of hair and wrapping it around an open large grip, doing a figure of 8 around it and using a pair of heated straighteners over the top to create the wavey, frizzed look. I loved the effect it created.
The stages of one of my final hair designs, crimped and back combed quiff with the ric raking in progress
Another one in progress
Back view of crimped, back combed quiff, with great volume
I found trying to create the buns I wanted to achieve was hard using the Katie doll, as her isn't as long as mine and this design would work well on my hair. However, I tried to achieve the messy buns and I liked the texture of the crimp and back comb to achieve the look but I knew it would fold better with the use of my hair.
Another photo of the frizzed buns I created for one of my final designs
Inspirations that made this design
Anne Vavasour, I carried on the link with hair and made it into a more modern day version of her design in this portrait, this portrait influenced me, as it's big, bold and I can see it being made into a modern design and thought if it would work on my hair and I have a lot of hair which can be crimped and back combed and made into a similar design to this.
http://www.hairstylesdesign.com/gallery/long_hairstyles.php
I was inspired by Anne Vavasour then I thought about making that design into something more modern day, with edge, less neat and then thought of Avant Garde, I love how experimental these runway shows are and how edgy they can be; I then came across this image which I loved, this is where I got my inspiration for the back combed quiff and incorporating the buns with it. I saw how well they went together and had to try this out.
I researched and adapted my ideas to get my design I wanted.
http://actress-film-images.blogspot.co.uk/2011/10/lily-cole-gallery.html
Lily Cole in Vogue
I also was grabbed by this image, it showed me the volume I was after and with the messy look, with the uneven textures to escape from the traditional Elizabethan design, but still keeping in lines with it but giving it a modern feel with loose waves and volume in different directions.
Final Design 3.
Using crimp and backcomb for the quiff and back comb for the back sections of hair
Back design with the use of the plait in between the quiff to give it texture and working with another technique, simple yet effective
Side view of my design
A few more images of my design, with uses of techniques to give the hair texture
from different angles in below images.
Photographs that inspired me for this hair design
For my last final hair design, I wanted to keep a voluminous shape in an outwards direction, highly inspired by Elizabethan shape, because they loved having neat, rounded or heart shaped hair designs I wanted a crazy, messy, frizzed shape with this last design, created by crimp and lots of back combing in a side ways outwards direction.
I was inspired by Queen Elizabeth, with her heart shaped hair, however It is too neat to be a modern version I believe, so I wanted to mix it up and make the shape come directly out the sides of the head with just the use of back combing crimped hair, leaving the hair moving freely, creating a edgy, contemporary look.
http://www.elizabethan-portraits.com/Elizabeth_3.htm
https://uk.pinterest.com/pin/492440540480341798/
and
https://www.facebook.com/HOTBeautyMagazine
After looking at Queen Elizabeth I, I researched contemporary frizzed hair styles and Avant Garde and found some great images that inspired me to create this design, It shows the inspiration from the 16th Century Elizabethan times but creates a modern take, but with keeping the frizz, with the volume and the shape but making it extreme which I really loved in these images I found.
http://www.idolmagazine.co.uk/fashion-editorial/ballad
Another couple images along the same lines, with the use of frizzing the hair to give it texture and leaving the hair to fall freely giving it a modern feel compared to a traditional Elizabethan hair design.
http://dollyanddandy.tumblr.com/
Overall, I really enjoyed carrying out all three of these designs, I loved researching into books, portraits, articles, websites and runway shows to gather my inspirations. I also included techniques that I loved doing and loved making the hair big, bold and beautiful, giving it a lot of texture.
