Practising Elizabethan Inspired Hairstyles
A lot of Elizabethan
portraits show that the hairstyles involve a lot of decorations and jewels.
This was to show how wealthy their backgrounds and families were. Portraits
would be the main way to show a wide audience what you looked like and also
what you wanted people to see you as. The Elizabethans were very good at
packing their portraits full of symbolism.
The most popular jewel to
wear in Elizabethan times was the pear. They were either worn on their own or
on a string of pears. If pears were being worn by someone you would have known
they were from a very wealthy background as they were an expensive piece of
jewellery to wear. They also wore many different jewels such as diamond, ruby,
emerald, opal, topaz, sapphire and many more.
The jewels weren’t just worn
on clothing but also in the hair as well, they also decorated their hair with
feathers.
They decorated their hair
with many things including...
The Coif
The French Hood
The Atifet
The Caul
The Pillbox
My favourite one of these is
the Caul because its bold and pattered which I really like but also settle and elegant
at the same time. I like that its not too garish as well because some of the Elizabethan
head pieces are very bold and dark which I think look slightly over the top and
would be hard to make them look contemporary. I think I might try and practise
a look inspired by the Caul headpiece.
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