Developing french pleat and Silhouette

I was asked to develop the French pleat we were taught and to add 'Eccentric' details but remembering about the silhouette. This is mind, i was aiming to create a larger structure coming from the top of the french pleat, which would be backcombed and have a lot of height. The front i wanted a low barrelled fringe. I wanted the texture overall to be quite matted, frizzed and loose and aspect Miss Havisham would definitely have had to her hair, after years of not maintaing it.

Here are some images from my practices on a dolls head and then images from using my partner Beth in Seema's lesson of the silhouette.

 This was the first image taken.

 After the first photo was taken i changed the top section from being all whispy and apart, to all together to try and give it more volume.

These images didn't come out how i would have liked. I was especially disappointed with the Silhouette photo's. I wanted a lot more height, volume and structure to the design. I feel like it is lacking in that, and for it to be perceived by someone else as eccentric it needs this, as i don't feel you would look at these images and see that. I will experiment now with adding padding or some form of wire at the top of the french pleat to really get some more height and volume and make it more angled, then pull out bits and make it looser and look decaying. The barrel fringe i also want to be bigger and lower to really show in the silhouette and will also look at more Victorian hairstyles and try and add key elements.