Final Design Idea and Inspiration for Design

For my final design idea I decided on the heart shape for the front of the hair.

I sectioned off the front of the hair, crimped it and then backcombed it on both sides. I then twisted the hair on each side and pinned it into place. I thought about leaving two bits down on the sides to curl like in my previous design but decided against it as I wanted the style to look more contemporary and felt that this made it look a little old fashioned.

I then plaited the hair left at the back of the head, twisted and pinned into place.

 I also tried the style out with the bun on more towards on side but preferred the way it looked in the centre.

My design also differed on the Kate head as I have a fringe. Me and my partner decided for the final design idea that I would leave my fringe down to make the hairstyle look more contemporary and due to the fact that, as it is quite short, it was hard to disguise in the heart shape style.

My design as heavily inspired by Chanel's 2010 Spring/Summer catwalk as a lot of the models had big, heart-shaped hairstyles:

Above is a picture of the back of the hairstyle the first time my partner practiced it.


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Design Idea 2

For my second design I decided to do something that incorporated crimping and curling. I really liked the idea of big hair that had been crimped and backcombed and wanted to experiment with different shapes so designed a rounded hairstyle.

To do this I sectioned off the front of the hair and crimped it using crimpers. I then backcombed it using a pin tail comb but left two small sections above the ears. I pinned the hair into place at the back of the head to create the round shape. I the used curling tongs to curl the two sections of hair i left above the ears.

I then put the rest of the hair in a pony tail and put it in a twist bun, using kirby grips to pin it into place.

I really liked the volume that the crimping and backcombing gave to the hair and decided i would definitely use this in my final design. I did, however, prefer the heart shape that I had practiced in earlier sessions rather than a round hair style.

Design Idea 1

For my first design idea, I wanted to try something with buns on the sides of the head and a bun at the back.

 I started by sectioning off hair on both sides at the front of the head. I then plaited these and twisted them around into buns. I sectioned off more hair behind the buns and then french-plaited behind them and then brought the plaits back and tied them in a low ponytail with the rest of the hair.  I then created a twist bun with the hair in the pony tail.

After I tried out this design on the Kate head I decided that I did not want to use it for my final design. This was because i personally felt that it looked a bit boring and wanted to use crimping and back combing in my final design.

Technical File: Fashion/Catwalk Design

During this session we got to decide in pairs whether to design a contemporary hairstyle for either a wedding or a catwalk show that had Elizabethan elements. I decided to do the catwalk design. I wanted to do something that as quite big and dramatic so I crimped all of my partners hair using crimpers.

I then backcombed the hair at the front and pinned it in place to create a big heart shape. This worked well with her hair as it's black and red and added to the heart effect.

I decided to leave the rest of the hair down but backcombed a little bit and then backcombed the front of the hair more to give a messy effect. I really liked the outcome and would like to try it out again but make the front of the hair bigger. This is something that I would like to incorporate into my final hair design.