Developing French Pleat

Developing french pleat.

Today we were asked to create the french pleat on a dolls head but add other detail. I was told to add a structure on the front of the hair copying a picture Seema showed me of a Victorian hairstyle. This was the outcome:

After doing this i want to experiment more with my eccentric look. I want to create a bigger shape on top incorporating the top of the french pleat and back of the fringe from the front, to try a create a point like in my original eccentric photo. With small tighter curls which are stood up. I also need to work on getting the bottom of my french pleat a lot tighter and the top looser with a lot more height and volume if i want to create an eccentric look.

After doing this i started to look more on Pinterest at Victorian hairstyles and silhouettes. It really made me see how much the silhouette of the hair can dramatically change you perception and views of someone. It has given me more ideas about adding my eccentric details from my photograph to the french pleat. Here are some images from my Pinterest board.

These are some images of Victorain hairstyles. You can see a lot of tight curls and neat tight structures. Some higher some quite low down. They are almost all pulled back of the face and the middle parting is quite common. This has given me some inspiration for adding some Victorain details to my look.

The two images above are looking at the shapes that can be created with a silhouette. The difference between these two would be huge. The first images silhouette would give a completely different perception of the person to what the second would. The first is big, bold and eccentric. The second is very safe, neat and conservative. This has given me a better understanding and some inspiration on adding my eccentric details to create a silhouette which would portray that.

Some of these images were found on Pinterest whilst researching. Here is a link to my 'Miss Havisham' Pinterest board.  http://www.pinterest.com/lailahamidi/miss-havisham/