Wednesday, 19 November 2014

Contemporary Elizabethan Design - 3

My Third and final design proposal is perhaps the most contemporary and avante garde looking. For the designs Ive tried to embody the elizabethan features of a centre parting and the use of frizzing and volume. I've taken the symmetrical shape seen in many elizabethan portraits (as seen below) and relaxed it in to a loose hairstyle through the use of the pin-frizz technique practised in class.
(A History of Women's Hairstyles, Jean Keyes - Page 10) 
What I love about the hairstyle above is the amount the hair comes away from the head and I've tried to emulate this shape and volume in my own design through the use of frizz as well as backbiting to emphasise the shape. 

My concerns for this design are that is is too simplistic and possibly doesn't reference the elizabethan era enough. If I were to carry forward with this design I think i would look at experimenting with the addition of hair adornments or plaits in order to add further elements and dimensions to the style. 

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