Using 3 keywords to manipulate 1 hair style...

The aim of this task was to take one hairstyle, which was a french pleat and manipulate it based on the keywords romantic, cruel and decaying, words that were taken from Dickens 'Great expectations' based on the 3 main characters- Miss Havisham, Estella and Pip.

The inspiration for these manipulations came from my earlier post: 

3 character key words from within 'Great expectations'…

Cruel:

I like the idea of a tight sleek shape to create a hairstyle that reflects the element of cruel. I like how this hair style shows the different colours throughout my models hair and adds an extra dimension to the style. I also like how I used a lot of volume to create a large french pleat, I think the volume adds to the elements and reflects authority.

However i think i could improve this by making the shape sleeker and tighter around the neck line to create a nicer silhouette. I could also look at add in some more detail with a more defined curl added to the top of the pleat or the side of the head.

Decaying:

I love this design and its my favourite of the 3. The bed head curls loosely gathered back into a soft french pleat all add to the feeling that we are looking at something that was once very put together and beautiful and over time has aged and wilted and been taken over by gravity. The added accessories of dead roses and fallen petals only add another dimension to the hair style and really complete it.

However i now need to work on reflecting this in a more Victorian hairstyle, that would be more suited to Miss Havisham, i could still use the idea of the french pleat i would just need to add volume to the top and sides to show the height reflected by the women of the Victorian era.

Romantic:

For this style i really like the soft pieces of hair that are loose and let to fall around the face to shape it, i also like the added detail of a section of hair twisted and clipped back into the loose french pleat.

However to improve and add a more Victorian feel i would need to add some more structure to the style but still with the softness of the details i have added here.