These are my design ideas, which I have created for my final assessment. I tried making them different, as well as mixing contemporary techniques with the Elizabethan.
This design I have kept quite simple. I would use the padding to create a heart shape, some pearls to decorate the hair as it is very Elizabethan but also contemporary, especially when it comes to bridal. I would curl the hair at the front and pin it down, creating a circular shape. However, I would keep the padding quite small and with less texture, which would be an opposite to what Elizabethans used to do.
This is another one of my designs. This one I wanted to focus on lots of different kind of plaits- e.g. french, traditional and dutch. I wanted to leave a few bits of hair down to create this 'innocent' look that used to be quite popular in the Elizabethan days. I would also want to use pearls as I think they would compliment the plaits very well, as they are white and that colour is known to symbolise innocence.
This hairstyle includes ribbons. I feel like this would be more for a younger person. It would include a French plait on the side with a ribbon plaited into it. I would also want to include flowers in this hairstyle to decorate the hair and make it seem quite girly and playful.
The image below is my favourite one out of all of them, and I decided to make it my final design. I got inspired by padding here, however, I have adapted the design and made it my own. I have made the padding smaller and also decided to make the hair straight and make it look sleek to give it that contemporary look. I decided to make the back of the hair more exciting by adding a zig zag parting between the padded parts of the hair.
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I have drawn my complete design :
I have also added a white bow to lighten the whole hair style, as I have black hair and I feel like a white bow would make it feel more Elizabethan.
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This is my partner's (Emma's) design. It includes three french plaits (two on both sides of the head and one in the middle), as well as frizzy hair at the front as well as the ends. I think this design demonstrates what we have learned in the lessons very well but because of the way it has been done (with out making the hair look very big) it looks more contemporary.
