This design was surprising inspired by elements of the high fashion Elizabethan design that I originally hated with a raging passion as well as the wedding/prom style design I did during the same task. I curled the hair the second time I tried the high fashion design because I didn't have crimping irons and found that I liked the look of curls framing the lower half of the face. I changed the parting from the middle to the side to give it more modern characteristics. I didn't like the way the plaits started from the parting on the original design but I did like the way they sat on the hair line so I kept the plaits but changed the way they were placed. In the wedding/prom design that I did on Olivia's hair during a practical session I created a braid that went from one ear to the other, similarly for this design, I had one braid behind the other coming from opposite sides of the head. For this same design I had curled all of Liv's hair in one direction and from the back it created one large sleek curl which I added to my hair chart because its a very contemporary element using an Elizabethan method of styling. I incorporated classic Elizabethan height and heart shape to the bouffants but I couldn't decide what texture I wanted to use so I decided to use a mix. The hair itself will all be sleek but with small sections of crimp and small plaits running through it.
I thought having created this hair chart that it would be my final design. I started testing it out on Mimi and changed my mind completely. I was doing exactly the same things that I always do during a practical. I wasn't creating a new style, I was just changing elements of the exact same thing over and over again. I wasn't going to settle on this as my final design as a result. Instead I came up with what is my actual final design below:
I was excited about this one. When designing this hair chart I was thinking about the opposite of what I normally do. I usually put plaits at the front of the head so instead I moved one to the back, this looked contemporary while using and Elizabethan technique. Normally I would create just a French plait, so I changed this to a loose, messy, fishtail braid instead. All of the hair is normal quite controlled and placed exactly where it needs to be but with a messy texture so instead I wanted the hair itself to be sleek and controlled and the style to be very loosely structured and almost windswept as this is more contemporary. I still wanted to incorporate the height and body of and Elizabethan design as otherwise the whole look would be too modern, I was very aware of keeping a balance between the two styles. I want the sides backcombed at the root so they have volume and come away from the head so the style looks quite wide. I also wanted the top section of the hair to be crimped to create contrast in texture and for it to be pulled back almost into a quiff, getting rid of the parting all together. This section would be back combed and rounded so that it mimicked the shape of the skull but a few inches above the scalp and an inch or so above the rest of the hair. Where this section is rolled and pinned to the head I want roses to be pinned along the seam so its hidden. I wanted the Elizabethan elements to be centred in one area that's why I placed the roses along the crimped section of the hair, separating the modern from the classic. I had thought about putting the Tudor roses into the seams of the plait but it would have covered a lot of the detail in the braid itself. Finally, I wanted a necklace draped over the crimped section of hair in the centre of the head. Elizabeth I often had jewellery in her hair styles and in the 21st century we are still doing the same thing as hair chains are a popular festival accessory currently. This is Naomi's interpretation of it:
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