Working Towards my Final Design

Contemporary Elizabethan Design

To get to my final design I went through a lot of design ideas. All of them included padding and so I knew this was something I wanted to incorporate into my final design. I tried using different textures and shapes in each design. Some worked better than others.

This design included two round padding techniques that met each other in the middle to create almost a bun shape. The bottom of the hair was left out and I used the geisha pin technique to create a zig-zag tendril.

This design included one piece of padding but put towards the lower neck almost creating a chignon. I then put padding into either side of the head creating something which somewhat resembled a heart shape.

I was not happy with this design of its execution. I wanted the front to be a heart shape going into a bun at the back with the plaits acting as a cage over the hair. However with the placement of the padding the hair was more of a rounded shape. It wasn’t equal on each side and the style looked unfinished. 

My Final Design

This is the design chart for the final design I have gone for. It includes a heart shaped padding at the front of the hair which will be covered by ringlet curls to add texture. At the back of the head the hair will go into a bun lined with a plait and accessorised with a jewelled bracelet. The bottom of the hair will be left out and curled.

This is the accessory which will sit at the top of the bun.

Needed

·      Paddle brush

·      Tail comb

·      Large curler

·      Small curler

·      Padding

·      Hair tie

·      Bracelet

·      Pins

Method

1.   Section off the front section of the hair in two. Make one of the sections bigger than the other as one needs to cover the padding and the other is to curl and lay over the padding as decoration.

2.   Create your plait to attach your padding to. French plait from one side of the head to the other and pin down.

3.   Attach padding to the plait

4.   Backcomb the middle section of the hair at the root and pull backwards to cover the padding.

5.   Tuck the hair under and secure with pins.

6.   Curl the front section we left out with a small curler and place the curls over the padding to create ringlets going back over the head. Pin down.

7.   Take the top two thirds of the remaining hair at the back of the head and create a bun

8.   Take a small piece of the remaining hair and plait it. Wrap this around the base of the bun to conceal the hair tie.

9.   Curl the remaining hair with a large curler and leave loose.

10.                 Attach the bracelet to the top of the bun and secure with pins.