Miss Havisham Hair Inspiration

When creating my hair design for Miss Havisham I wanted to get into the mind set of how she may be feeling as well as looking at the descriptions that Dickens gives of her. I am focusing on the beginning of the book, where I believe she would still retain some of her wedding day appearance, and as the book goes on her hair would become longer and more unkempt. Dickens writes, 'she had not quite finished dressing, for she had but one shoe on- the other was on the table near her hand- her veil was but half arranged, her watch and chain were not on' This desription has inspired me to create a look, that in some ways is sleek and finished but in other ways undone. I also liked the description of the interior of the house and especially picked up on the reference to cobwebs, 'An épergne or centre-piece of some kind was in the middle of this cloth; it was so heavily overhung with cobwebs that its form was quite undistinguishable' I thought the cobwebs could be represented well through the use of frizzy curls throughout the hair. I found this picture from the Topshop Unique Catwalk Spring Summer 2011, and thought that the frizzing effect did almost represent a large mass of cobwebs. In the victorian era it was also popular to have a smooth style on the top of the head along with a centre parting. I want to try to combine this look along with the frizzed hair and ringlets. I found the image below of frizzed hair with a smooth parting and think that it is style that I will keep in mind when creating my final look.

http://www.hairromance.com/2012/02/backstage-secrets-from-nyfw-hairstylists.html

http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/topshop-unique-spring-2011

I would like to use ringlets in my design as they were a very common look created in the Victorian era. In many of the victorian portraits ringlets feature. I like ringlets as they can create a smooth and finished look on the hair. I also believe that ringlets are a very beautiful style, the beauty, under the pain, that Miss Havisham still has at this time is something that I want to try to capture. Therefore I am interested in this style. Creating ringlets in the lessons that we had was also enjoyable.

https://www.pinterest.com/secretvictorian/victorian-hairstyles/

https://www.pinterest.com/auntjennysgirl/old-paintings-etc/