Elizabethan and Modern Hair Shapes

Heart- Shaped

These Elizabethan portraits  (the first is Elizabeth I, second is Lettice Knollys, the wife of Robert Dudley and the last one Elizabeth Brydges, a noblewoman) show some heart-shapes hair styles.The "heart-shape arrangement of the hair over wire frames or pads which as fashionable during the 1570's and 1580's continued to be popluar until the end of the century." (De Courtais, 2006, Women's Hats, Headdresses and Hairstyles, New York: Dover Publications Inc.)

These modern hairstyles, one from the 2010 Spring/Summer Chanel catwalk and one of Vivienne Westwood, show some heart-shaped styles although these appear more extreme that the Elizabethan portraits and are quite a lot bigger. The hair in the Chanel image is also straight and smooth whereas it tends to be curly or frizzy in the portraits. The Vivienne Westwood image appears to be exactly like a typical Elizabethan hairstyle. This is also because of the decoration as pearls and gems were often used in the hair in Elizabethan times to show wealth in portraits. Here is an example of this:

We can see a lot of this is modern hairstyles as well:

These images from one of Chanel's 2012 catwalks shows pearls being used in the hair.

Round Hair 

These images show rounded hairstyles from the Elizabethan period, the first is of an unknown Elizabethan women but the second two are of Elizabeth.

                                                     

I found it more difficult to gather modern images of rounded hair-styles although one I did find shows the style to be much more subtle and with smooth/straight hair.

I also found some modern hairstyles that are big and rounded, although the rest of the hair is worn down so differs from the Elizabethan style. The shape on the top of the head does seem similar to an Elizabethan hair style. 

I felt that this image looked quite Elizabeth not only because of the shape but also because of the plait.

De Courtais, 2006, Women's Hats, Headdresses and Hairstyles, New York: Dover Publications Inc.

http://www.historytoday.com/sites/default/files/Elizabeth_I_(Armada_Portrait).jpg

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0e/Lettice_Knollys1.jpg

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/22/Elizabeth_Brydges_1589.jpg

https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/236x/86/86/9a/86869aa5d60d0d7ab587b0b909d83717.jpg

https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju6-dLZEF9ZPCun-obnWoZFzaMDfaOUY885v8VLZ9-s4tIdL9r1JebAGaI06ip2MJv0PulvNToSHbHQjQp_ywxVTOe_w4-F0iGpv7TDpqjhSmgUCid4iG99q4cNXYFzizDlVZRKxDBDufP/s1600/vivienne+westwood+1.jpg

http://ndla.no/sites/default/files/images/Queen_Elizabeth_I_by_George_Gower.jpg

http://www.weddingsonline.ie/fs/img/spring-summer-2012-hair-beauty3.jpg

http://www.weddingsonline.ie/fs/img/spring-summer-2012-hair-beauty4.jpg

https://nttreasurehunt.files.wordpress.com/2012/11/lym_loan_20-cropped.jpg

http://wanclik.tade.free.fr/TheRainbowPortrait_of_QueenElizabeth_I_arquivos/image004.jpg

http://www.marileecody.com/gloriana/elizabethpelican.jpg

https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/70x/74/c7/18/74c718207a85a55ff74aa606a2b3cdfc.jpg

http://www.hairpediaclub.com/wp-content/uploads/Elegant-Log-Retro-Hairstyles-01.jpg

http://img.allw.mn/content/hair/2012/01/9_big-hair.jpg