Estella Hair

I envision the character of Estella to be
largely misunderstood and perceptively
cold hearted and fierce.
I imagine, if it weren’t for her upbringing,
she’d have quite a gentle soul and be naturally
kind hearted and considerate.
To comply with the combination of
characteristics, I have designed a hairstyle to
represent all the elements.
The curls represent the tranquil aspects of
her personality whereas the uniformity of the
curls and up-styled structure represent her
cruel nature.

Design Method

-   Section off the front portion of the hair,
in front of the ears and loose hair around
the nape of the neck/hairline

-  Part the back of the hair, down the
centre, and curl sections around
large barrel curlers in the direction
indicated by the design

-   Fix with sectioning clips whilst they cool
in their formation

-   When the curls have cooled, fix the curls
in the same directions with hair grips, bound
tightly together in the middle of the head

-   Curl the front portion of the hair horizontally
from a middle parting to the ears

-   Allow them to cool in formation before fixing them
into pin curls around the of the face
Fix the entire hairstyle with hairspray
 

Silhouette Contd.

Using further characteristics from my bank of eccentric hair images, I created a hairstyle on my dolls head at home which I then had to replicate in class. The hairstyle was shot as a silhouette so shape was very important to the design of my hairstyle. I was inspired by my final hair plan for Miss Havisham which had a lot of shape created by tonging, frizzing and backcombing the hair.

Here is the image I bought into class of my creation at home…

This original style was far too contemporary and didn’t include enough Victorian detail. Therefore, in class, I opted for a smoothed over top portion and included an accessory to add to the silhouette’s formation. This is the silhouette I created in my lesson...

I am pleased with this silhouette and I really love the detailing in the shape created from the texture. I still feel it lacks the tradition of a Victorian hairstyle. To make it adhere to the era more, I would bring the front portion of the hair forward to resemble the generic style from my Victorian hair research.   

Victorian Hairstyle

Using the marvellous research tool that is Pinterest, I collected a series of images related to hair under the key words, ‘romantic’, ‘cruel’ and ‘eccentric’. It was really interesting to learn which styles represented each term and how the differentiated in the means of shape, texture and colour.

 

http://www.pinterest.com/danikayasmin/romantic/

http://www.pinterest.com/danikayasmin/eccentric/

http://www.pinterest.com/danikayasmin/cruel/

In my next practical session, I was instructed to create a Victorian hairstyle using padding and previously taught techniques on a doll’s head. This look also had to include elements from any of the hair images I’d collected.

 

To create this, I experimented with padding the front and side sections and used small barrel curlers to create tight ringlets to frame the face. On the back of the head I experimented with the additional texture of small twists in a linear formation.