Hair Designs & Inspiration

 

Elizabethan Hair Designs  & Inspiration

 

Hair Design 1

 My first hair design idea was to create a milk maid braid round the head which would fall into loose waves at the bottom of the hair. The hair would also be adorned with a jewelled coif inside the braid, and the hair would be plaited with ribbons.
I really like this hairstyle, I think it would look like a really pretty modern version of an Elizabethan hairstyle, however the reason that I haven't chose it is because after doing the design I realised that this would not work on my hair as I simply just do not have enough hair to do it with, this style would be better for someone with long thick hair.

For this hair design I have been inspired by the hairstyles that were seen in the 1998 film Elizabeth. I wanted this hair to be quite close to a historical hairstyle, however modern in the fact that it is an interpretation of a historical hairstyle. This screen grab stood out to me in the film because it most accurately portrays what I would like this hairstyle to look like.

 

 

Hair Design 2
 

For this hair design I have been inspired by the hair for Bottega Veneta at Milan fashion week, the hair was styled in a deep side part and was frizzed.

I have adapted this design to my own Elizabethan idea by putting the hair into a middle parting, and by adorning the parting, which would fall down over all sections of the hair. The hair will be flat to the scalp until just before the ears then will frizz out, this frizz will be made by the technique where you wrap the hair round the pin as this creates the most texture.

The reason I did not choose this design is because I believe it is too simple, however it would take a long time to do as I have very thick hair.

 

 

This hair design has been mainly inspired by the frizzed locks seen in Bottega Veneta Fall 2013 as seen on the left. I think the soft frizz of the hair and the deconstructed style is a subtle way to suggest an Elizabethan style. I also like how the hair is flat on the top as this is the reverse on how Elizabethans had their hair, as they often wanted height and roundness.












 

Hair Design 3

For my last design I wanted to create something that was more elaborate and more of an up do. This hairstyle would be fully crimped, and then would be rolled and pinned to the head. For this hairstyle I probably would have to use hair rats to gain the height and shape that I needed.
 












For this final hairstyle I have been inspired by some of the Avant garde crimped hairstyles that I have found on Pintrest. Unfortunately I have not been able to find out who created these, but the reason I have been inspired by them is because it looks like the high structures that Elizabethan women had. I also believe it is a good way to symbolise royalty as only noble women would be able to wear such elaborate hairstyles.