"To make the hair yellow as golde. Take the rine or scrapings of Rubarbe, and stiepe it in white wine, or in cleere lie; and after you have washed your head with it, you shall weatte your hairs with a Spoonge or some other cloth, and let them drie by the fire, or in the sunne; after this weatte them and drie them againe."
Giovanni Ruscelli (Alessio), The secretes of reverende maister Alexis of Piemount, 1568
For this collage, I based it on the quote above. I took pieces of sponge, and cut them up into small pieces. I then dipped them in glue and then gold glitter to resemble pieces of gold to represent the favoured hair colour of the Elizabethans. I then glued a piece of red ribbon to a thicker piece of gold ribbon to represent the colours mentioned in the quote (gold of the hair and red of the fire). The ribbon was also a very Elizabethan touch, and I liked the regal feel of the red and gold combination.
My second collage was also based on the quote. I tried however, adding Elizabethan detailing to very short contemporary hair. To make the bow, I chose a piece of orange ribbon with gold trimmings. This was to represent the colour of the fire mentioned in the quote and because the colour of the ribbon reminded me of the firey colour of Queen Elizabeths hair. I then make a kind of headband out of gold ribbon, again, because it had a royal feel to it.
Although I like this design very much and the Elizabethan details are there, it reminds me more of a 1920's flapper headband rather than Elizabethan.
This collage was inspired by the tight curls seen in so many Elizabethan portraits. I had the idea to create a mass of curls that were springy and bouncy, with a plait going across the forehead, to furthur show the Elizabethan influence.
This design was inspired by the famous love heart shape in the hair that we see in so much Elizabethan portraiture.
I love the pinned under bob as I think its a classic contemporary hairstyle, but I thought to give it a bit of shape and height, some hair rats could be added to create the love heart shape and create an almost romantic, feminine Elizabethan style, much softer than some of the harsher styles we saw Elizabeth wear, that were designed to give her a more masculine approach.
This hairstyle was actually inspired by a contemporary Elizabethan hairstyle I'd seen from Alexander McQueen's S/S 07 runway.I loved the nod to the love heart shape again, but it was almost a deconstructed love heart, and was a lot messier than it would have been in the Elizabethan times. I also loved the height and structure of the style. I wanted to create a similar feel with this hairstyle, adding large props to either side of the hair to lift it into this love heart shape, and then take the middle section of the hair and roll it around a smaller prop to create a quiff. The hair would be crimped to give it beautiful Elizabethan texture, and also to make the hair appear messier and more voluminous. I like the fringe in this hairstyle, as I think it adds a really contemporary twist as obviously fringes were not the fashion back in the Elizabethan times.
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