Period V's Contemporary Elizabethan Hair

Period hair

http://www.marileecody.com/eliz1-images.html [Viewed 9th of October]

http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/date/2010/03/04 [Viewed 9th of October]

http://anzulondon.blogspot.co.uk/2009/09/elizabethan-portraits.html [Viewed 9th of October]

The period hair design was more subtle than the contemporary designs. The hair is set very well to hold all day, all the hair is pinned up and is tightly put into place. The hairline is further away and the forehead is more on show as a bigger forehead with less of a hairline was considered beautiful. 

The colours are very rich to show the royalty of the hair, as more richer colour shows expense and luxury. Hair pieces are more used to show jewels which mean wealth, whereas the contemporary designs is all about how the shape looks rather than the headdresses.

http://armorandadorn.blogspot.co.uk/2012/08/lily-cole.html [Viewed 9th of October]

Contemporary Hair

http://www.handbag.com/beauty/i448786/springsummer-07-hair-trends-step-back-in-time-alexander-mcqueen.html [Viewed 9th of October]

http://suotd.tumblr.com/post/39736279704/nicki-minajs-craziest-wigs [Viewed 9th of October]

The contemporary Elizabethan hair designs seem to be bolder with enhancing shapes. The texture of the hair seems to be lightly frizzed rather than tightly curled or in a set frizz and in some cases very loose when shaping the hair compared to the tight hair dos. A more theatrical example of the contemporary hair designs is Nicki Minaj who has incorporated a Elizabethan shape beehive wig but in a more modern way by having a sweeping fringe and bob at the bottom. 

Colours used seem to be lighter rather than rich reds, they are golden reds and even light greens. The colours in a contemporary design could be more wacky than back in the Elizabethan times as it was more about looking formal and sophisticated.