Miss Havisham inspired Hair design

Model- Me
Hair Designer- Rachel Hogg

As the story of Charles Dickens Great Expectations is set within the Victorian era all aspects of the period need to be taken into consideration when looking into creating a final look of two characters from this time. This was a hair style which we got shown how to create and had to re-create on a model. This hairstyle has influences from the Victorian period with the shapes within the hair the textures and the extravagance of it. Compared to some of the hairstyles they supported then and the effort they went to too create them this style was a basic and simple style which was effective and a good starting point. I feel it was a good and successful hairstyle and was achieved well and referenced the Victorian period. to create this hairstyle and the texture within the hair we used crimping irons this gave the hair the tight waved effect and also added volume to the hair. After crimping all of the hair you could then start to shape the hair by back combing the hair and rolling in into big rolls clipping them as you went along i cant explain the full procedure went to create the look as it would have to be shown by video but this is the end result.



Early Victorian Hairstyles

Mid Victorian Hairstyles.

I started Researching into the Victorian period to see what different looks could be achieved and how I could use them when creating my final characters set within this time. Looking threw books in the library i came across a book which displayed different hairstyles that were worn and created within different periods of the 1800's. Above are some hairstyles from the early Victorian period and also from the mid Victorian period. You can see similar styles within both of the photographs but there are also different elements within the hair indicating how different styles evolved. By collecting images like these it enables me to see different styles that were worn in different decades of the 1800s and allows me to distinguish what styles i feel suite my characters style more referencing it back. When looking at both pictures of hairstyles i feel within the tale great expectations from watching the film  there are links within both the early Victorian and the mid Victorian hairstyles meaning when it comes to looking and designing a hair style for both characters i can take elements from both early and mid styles.

 Here are some Images from books i scanned in of real Victorian Woman. These were pictures i looked at refrencing towards hairstyles mainly for my characters as it shows real woman and what they actually looked like at the time along with there clothing and accessories.