Historical elizabethan inspiration

When researching portraits on which inspire my designs for the timed assessment I was really drawn to this. This portrait is very different from her many, as her hairs down and she looks almost vulnerable
This portrait is from Elizabeth I coronation and was painted for her suiters with her hair down to show she's at an age to marry. Having hair down was avery symbolic as it was deemed a sign of virginaity and not being married.

http://www.gogmsite.net/the_late_farthingale_era_fr/minialbum_queen_elizabeth_o/coronation_portrait_-_1600_.html
The corenation portrait of Elizabeth I

Backcombing and wiggle plait

Such an easy and quick way to transform the hair, the wiggle plait.

I really like the effect it gives and can imagine it being the main focs of a hair up on a lady in waiting!

photo by myself and taken in Lotties class
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Naomie

photo by myself and taken in Lotties class
10/11
Naomie

photo by myself and taken in lotties class
10/11
naomie

PADDING ON NAOMI'S HAIR

In todays lesson iv used padding on Naomi's head to create the heart shaped look with frizzing and crimping. Im really happy with the out come i felt its a lot easier working on a humans head rather then dolls hair.

Photo taken in class by myself

Once i finished Naomi tried it out on me!

Padding and rats on dolls

In class this week we have been padding hair on dolls heads and making a cirmetrical hairstyle using the frizzing and curling techniques that we have learnt in the last couple of weeks. so heres my first attempt. Not very cirmetrical (its a lot harder then you think)

PHOTO TAKEN BY MYSELF IN CLASS

PHOTO TAKEN BY MYSELF IN CLASS

This week I also found out my partner for swapping our designs is Naomi....i'm so happy about this as her hair is very simular to mine in both colour and length ...........and i'm not joking when I say we have thick hair!

Frizzing and curling

This week we have been learning and perfecting the crimping, frizzing and curling techniques. I wont lie the frizzing is just like a bad 80s nightmare and I was apprehensive to even try and make it look good! However I casually ate my words by the end of class as I learnt its not just a great technique to use for hight, but also the effect with padding actually dose the job very nicely!

PHOTO TAKEN BY MYSELF IN CLASS
CURLING TECHNIQUE WITH WAND

PHOTO TAKEN BY MYSELF IN CLASS
CRIMPING EFFECT 

PHOTO TAKEN BY MYSELF IN CLASS
CURLING TECHNIQUE

PHOTO TAKEN BY MYSELF IN CLASS
CRIMPING TECHNIQUE SHOWING THE CORRECT TEMPTER TO AVOID UN NECESSARY HAIR DAMAGE

The ever so glorious Thom Browne

I just couldn't help myself and had to blog about the amazing Thom Browne and his inspirational spring '14 collection. His inspiration behind the collection is "Crazy Elizabethan Clowns". I'm in love this off the wall collection that SCREAMS Elizabethan, with the high powdery hair and pearl incrusted red nests holding in buns, it's an elizabethan orgasm and I'm slightly excited by it!

It really feels like a reflection on the great Alexander McQueen's work, but holds it own never less.

So here is my contemporary picture for our frizzing class, I'm just too excited to share it!!

http://www.style.com/slideshows/fashion-shows/spring-2014-ready-to-wear/thom-browne/collection/17
THOM BROWNE SPRING 2014

http://s3.r29static.com/bin/entry/b8e/x/1088650/image.jpg
photographed by Jacqueline Harriet

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photographed by Jacqueline Harriet
hair clips.

Plaiting and buns on dolls heads

So this week we practised plaiting, fishtails, french plaits and buns without using a "bun".

in all honesty I had no problems with any of this as i'm a qualified hairdresser so its second nature to me, however its always great to practise and try different techniques to achieve the look. I'm very happy with all the out comes from my first attempt.

With Helen later on in the week we thad a go at achieving a look with the techniques learnt, i remembered a picture of a Elizabethan hat I researched that had plaits and ribbon's running around the head so i tried to recreated my version of the look......ok so it wasn't amazing but not bad first attempt!

PHOTO TAKEN BY MYSELF IN CLASS
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my first attempt in class of a fish tail, i really like this look, its quite controversial, you can mess it up of a beachy look or keep it tidy 

PHOTO TAKEN BY MYSELF IN CLASS
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french plait

PHOTO TAKEN BY MYSELF IN CLASS
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bun just using grips and a hairband, no bun for support

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normal plait

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So as you can see iv intwined 4 plaits that run around the head, not a great first attempt but I think with practice the effect will be quite nice.

PHOTO TAKEN BY MYSELF IN CLASS
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Back view of the dolls head

Heres a contemporary image i found not so long ago before my sisters wedding in which I plaited my own hair.

http://ak1.polyvoreimg.com/cgi/img-thing/size/l/tid/56214317.jpg
inspiration to my hair at my sisters wedding!

PHOTO TAKEN BY MYSELF AT HOME
this was my first attempt at home before my sisters big day

PHOTO TAKEN BY MYSELF AT HOME