Creating an Elizabethan contemporary look practice 1

For the contemporary look i was not very sure what to do so, my partner and i decided to try and create a heart shaped look. what started as a simple heat shape quickly turned into into something new. so what you see hear is a combination of two different style from the elizabethan image seen at the bottom of the page.      

 

 I think the look is more reflected in the first contemporary elizabethan look, than in the second on. this is because the of the way the design is almost similar.
Although the design we created is a good interpretation of the Elizabethan, i decided not to use it as my final design, but to crate something more dramatic.

My final Elizabethan contemporary hair design

For my final assessment i drew out three design, two on which i liked and i tried out. however for my final look i have decided to go with look number 3 Step by Step 

Health and safety.

1. wash hands
2. gown the model 
3. do a consultation to see if there is any counter-indications

how to 

1. Place the padding at the crown of the head.

2.     Pin the padding down in place and make sure its secure.
3.     Check through the mirror to see it is centered.
4.     Start by securing the hair in the front that will be designed differently and put it out of the way using a hair band.
5.     Take the back section braids and using a hair band, secure the braids out of the way.
6.     With the hair left, Starting from the back, mold the braids to the padding.
7.     Do this till all braids have molded the padding.
8.     With the hair at the back left out, start by creating a swirl round design on each braid. Use pins to secure in place.
9.     For the front create a zigzag plat by taking three hair braids and loosely platting it down, then grabbing one of the three the center once in place and pushing the other two down the braid.
10. Repeat this technique till all the hair at the front is done.
11. Pin the zigzag hair up to mold the padding shape, but live the out one from each side.
12. With the two left zigzag plat pin each toward the center to create a heart shape.
13. Presided by placing purls at the front of the hair design then randomly on the rest of the hair.

what to use

1. Large and small hairpins 
2. A round padding 

Drown out design.

 

Inspirations of my Elizabethan final look

This image is from the film Marie Antoinette 2006 by Sophia Coppola. 

The hair in this film is very Elizabethan. it is full of character and texture. 

For my final look i will include the shape and height of this hairstyle. Although my hair is in plats I will use padding to achieve this shape.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 

 This is called a wiggle plat.

I would like to include this to the front part of my hair to give the style a more Elizabethan fill, because Elizabethan hair had a lot of texture and waives to it.

Since my hair is in plats, this is the best way to create a waive style on my hair.

In the Elizabethan era the use of purls was a good way to decorate the hair. So for my contemporary look, I to will use purls to decorate my hair design. I will use it mostly on the front of the hair, that it can be seen and compliment the design.

Inspiration looks for my contemporary Elizabethan hairstyle

Here is a good interpretation of the Elizabethan hair that I found on pintrest.
The colour of the hair and also the style of the hair is very Elizabethan. 
I especially like the detail at the front of the hair.

ref: pintrest.


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The one thing that makes this image a good contemporary Elizabethan is the high of the hair and how textured it is. The hair looks like something Elizabeth the 1st would were as wig. To achieve this look one would need a lot of hair and padding as well as hairpin.

ref:Image source: Author unknown. (2012). Κόμη και Φώς 12+: Τα hairstyles των θεών! .Available: http://www.haircut.gr/nexthc/viewarticle.asp?a=598#axzz2kkLmfYWe. Last accessed 15th Nov.

The advertisement of the o2 Beyoncé concert is a very good interpretation of the Elizabethan contemporary look. Her hair has been crimped and curled to achieve this look something one would see in a Elizabethan image. the hair looks like it has been back combed to create the volume.

ref: o2 Beyonce advertisement  

The above looks are a good interpretation of a contemporary Elizabethan hairstyle. Each of them are unique and has captured the Elizabethan fill in a unique way.

I have tried a few of the looks on my own hair in my own interpretation.  I must say it has been interesting to see what one can do with plats. 

For this look I got my inspiration from the fast image on this page. i attempted to create the heart shape using two paddings. To do this I wrapped my braid to the padding and pined them in place. this look took up a lot of pins and was very difficult to do because my braids are very long.
I also used the inspiration from the next image to create the wring lets shapes with the braids. 

Here is what the back looks like. From the back its the heart shape is very clear to see. However so is the padding, next time I will make sure to cover the padding well.
Also in this look I incorporated a bun. I did this by taking all the hair left and putting it in a ponytail, and then wrapping the hair around itself well’s folding inwards.