Hair Design

My final evaluation of the project

I really enjoyed this first project and I feel that I learnt a lot and became more confident. I liked learning how to use many new techniques and materials. My favourite thing to learn was the rik rakking as I found it very interesting and fun and I also liked the finished look. The research was one thing I enjoyed about this unit and I feel I now know a lot more about fashion and hair design.

I did feel that my assessment did't go as good as I had hoped. Me and my partner didn't have good communication during our time working together. Neither of us gave the other their hair designs until quite late and I was off for a few lessons due to illness and health appointments. I feel that because of this lack of communication that my assessment did go quite badly and I never achieved what I had hoped. Next time I would make sure that me and my partner both have good communication between each other. I think I did good on my research and need to work more on my practicals.

Bibliography

Websites:

Fashion hair designs - http://www.fashionisers.com/hairstyles-hair-products/spring-2015-braided-hairstyles-inspired-from-the-runway/

Elizabethan hair styles - http://www.elizabethan-era.org.uk/elizabethan-hair-styles.htm

Elizabethan hair research - http://www2.springfield.k12.il.us/schools/springfield/eliz/hairstyles.h

Films:

Elizabeth by Shekhar Kapur

Exhibitions:

Elizabethan Portraits at the National Portrait Gallery

Evaluation - as the stylist

This was my creation of my partner's hair design.

My partner created this design consisting of two backcombed pieces that look like a heart shape at the front of her head and then for the rest of the hair to be curled underneath. For the heart shape at the front, she said to back comb it but this did not create the exact shape she wanted from her hair chart, I think a padding piece would have created this better. The look was meant to be messy looking and not neat but I wasn't too sure on what parts of it she meant and which parts I should clip into place properly and what parts to leave slightly messy. Although the hairstyle was quite simple, it took a long time to create as Phoebe's hair was quite thin and I had to backcomb it for a while to get a strong structure to the hair and I used a lot of hair grips and hairspray.

I used my pintail comb at the start to section the hair off perfectly into two equal parts and then also splitting the front section into two equal parts. For the bottom of the hair, I used a curling wand and held it horizontally and held it in the hair for 10 seconds to make the end turn in and curl.

I don't know how I feel about my final work as I feel I could have done a bit better, although my partner wanted the hair to look a bit messy I think there are some little pieces that I could have fixed to make it even better. I feel like me and my partner didn't really communicate well for the assessments, I practised the hair design on the Katie head prior to the assessment but not on my actual partner due to me being off ill for a while.

This was my partner's hair design, she had not sent me this prior to the assessment and she didn't have her charts with her for the lesson we were meant to bring them in and she briefly explained what she wanted her design to look like. Based on the brief information she told me, I went and practised on my Katie head, a while later she sent me an image of her design she had practised on her Katie head with no information about it or how she created the design. I seen the hair chart for the first time on the assessment. For her design, she wanted the ends of her hair pinning up and because of a miscommunication I thought she wanted it to be curled underneath. I don't feel like me and my partner had enough communication throughout this assessment but I did my best and tried to get the design as good as I could get.

Evaluation - as the designer

This is my final design that I came up with. Out of all three of the designs that were potential for my final idea, this was my favourite one. Buns were popular during the Elizabethan era but double buns are very modern so I like that i'm still sticking to the Elizabethan style but added a contemporary twist. I also decided to add a plait on the top of the head as this was an Elizabethan style as well.

These were the images of my final design that my partner created on me. I think she did an alright job of bringing my hair chart to life. The buns were on the crown of the head which is exactly where I wanted them, the braid on the top of my head didn't have a straight line in the sectioning. For the pieces at the side of the head I said for loose hair to be hanging at the side which she did but each side didn't match and they looked wonky, the hair wasn't straight either the hairline was wonky. I wanted all the hair typing up at the back but she left some loose pieces hanging down.

I don't think me and my partner communicated that well together. She practised on my hair once and said she was happy with it and didn't need to practise again.

Elizabethan hair accessories

(Where the Tudor red-gold hair came from, 2010)

(Лизкины наряды, 2014)

(Im thinking spencer is the queen of hearts because.., no date)

Elizabeth always loved to wear accessories in her hair, even from a young Princess she always wore crowns or jewels or had some other form of accessory in her hair. In the first image, she is only a young girl but she is wearing a very detailed and jewelled crown on top of her head. The second image shows the Queen wearing a crown that looks like it is made completely out of pearls and the last image shows her wearing pearls all over her hair and one large pearl hanging down at the top of her forehead.

Hair task!!

(Ethnic Hairstyles, no date)

We got given a task to complete in class today. We had to either create a bridal hairstyle on our Katie head or a hairstyle for a catwalk show. I choose the catwalk show hairstyle as I prefer big, funky hair rather than neat hair tied back or with braids and plaits. After I decide to pick the catwalk hairstyle, I started researching some different hairstyles from past catwalks that inspired me. I came across this image and it really caught my eye, I like the different details in her hair with the twisty plaits at the top and the crimping at the bottom of her hair and I also like the way the model has a middle parting and the stylists have brushed the crimping in her hair to make it look frizzy.

(glamourista.nl et al., 2014)

This was the second image that I found inspiring. I like the curls at the front of her hair and then the messy bun at the top of her head. The stylists have added some accessories to her hair like little clips. I liked this idea the best and decided to use it as inspiration for the task.

This was my design that I created. I decided to take some inspiration from the second image and put some curls at the front of the hair. I used a curling wand and by placing the hair in sections by using a pintail comb, placed it horizontally and created 9 curls at the front of the head. The Katie head's hair was too short to put it in a ponytail or create a stylish bun so I just created a basic bun on the crown of the head.

I'm happy with this design I came out with, I really like how the curls came out and they remind me of a bunch of roses and Queen Elizabeth loved flowers and having some kind of symbolism in her clothes or hair so this style for a contemporary Elizabethan look would work well I think. I don't think I need to improve on anything and I didn't come across any obstacles whilst doing this design.