Research: Contemporary Curls and Frizz

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When looking at contemporary versions of hairstyles that incorporate the methods we have been learning in the Technical sessions I have tried to think about the colour as well, this isn't overly important when looking at the structure and techniques used but I think overall it gives better impression of a style influenced by the era.

This image to the right stood out to me straight away due to different factors. It has all of the technique we've been using except buns. You can see the texture is frizzy and crimped with flyaway hair on the sides giving it a messy soft finish but the top is very high and would contain padding beneath to create this. Although it is not in a heart shape I still this this is relevant because if the overall height.
At the front of the hairline the hair has been plaited in sections and the hairline is high giving it the Elizabeth I feel.
The makeup is also interesting because the model has no eyebrows again reiterating the inspiration,

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Although Elizabeth I didn't necessarily go as tall with her hair I found a portrait of Elizabeth Stuart painted in 1606, not long after Elizabeth's reign.
It has a taller hairstyle like the one above.
The texture isn't really that visible but I feel like it's definitely the historical equivalent and still relevant.
I would have thought that the hair would have needed a lot of texture to it to be able to old this style and that it wasn't really as smooth as this portrait would lead you to believe, unlike photography, it is hard to really decipher details from portraiture because it is at the artists and sitters discretion to alter the aspects whereas in photography it is a truer representation and editing would be more obvious too.

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Another image I found which was really relevant to the Elizabethan era. This one is extremely similar to all those of Elizabeth I in terms of texture, shape and colour.
The hair is relatively rounded and all swept back, what I was looking at here was the use of Jewellery in her hair, it isn't quite as extravagant as the Elizabethan ones but I think it's a good example of incorporating some kind of adornment. The jewellery in the hair also matches the neck piece and clothing too.
It's like a darker version of Elizabeth if there was one, certain small things could be changed to increase the look of Elizabethan but it still looks very regal.
Like Elizabeth's hair this one is tightly pin curled and the texture is almost spot on what you see on her portraiture with some frizz in there too.

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The Pelican portrait features Elizabeth's hair a lot smaller than usual like the contemporary image above and the curls are very defined in this image, this is why sometimes as I said before portraits can be misleading, I think the hair was an important part of this portrait unlike the one above of Elizabeth Stuart because it appears more time has been spent detailing the texture.
I chose this one to compare to the image above because she has a piece of jewellery coming down onto her forehead, in comparison to the contemporary image this isn't a lot but does show how it wasn't just all always up in the hair and how the inspiration for bringing it down onto the face has been used, but elaborated on.
Elizabeth however doesn't ever cover her entire forehead because it was fashionable to have a big one. If this wasn't so she very well might have worn her jewellery like the image above!
It is similar though in the sense of technique and structure with use of tight curls.





[1] BARRY .J., 2014. golden plaited texture updo [digital image] [Viewed on 30th nov 2015] Available from: https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/rbi-communities/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2014/05/2014-golden-plaited-texture-updo.jpg

[2] ROBERT PEAKE THE ELDER, 1606. Elizabeth Stuart [digital image] [Viewed on 30th nov 2015] Available from: https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/4c/4c/0b/4c4c0bf339fead12084d05f282e3ddd7.jpg

[3] YEE . A., 2015. redhead hairstyle with tight pincurls [digital image] [Viewed on 30th nov 2015] Available from: https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/rbi-communities/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2015/10/2015-redhead-hairstyle-with-tight-pin-curls.jpg

[4] NICHOLAS HILLIARD, 1575. 'Pelican' portrait [digital image] [Viewed on 30th nov 2015] Available from: https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/f5/e1/5f/f5e15f548a3ee7c0178d2b30e7754c4c.jpg