"Then followeth the trimming and tricking of their heds in laying out their hair to the show, which of force must be curled, frizled and crisped, laid out on wreathes & borders from one eare to an other. And lest it should fall down, it is underpropped with forks, wyres, & I can not tel what, rather like grim stern monsters, than chaste christian matrones. Then on the edges of their bolstered heir (for it standeth crested round about their frontiers, & hanging over their faces like pendices or vails with glasse windows on every side) there is layd great wreathes of gold and silver, curiously wrought & cunningly applied to the temples of their heads. And for feare of lacking any thing to set foorth their pride withal, at their heyre, thus wreathed and crested, are hanged bugles, ouches, rings, gold, silver, glasses , & such other gewgawes and trinckets besides, which, for that they be innumerable, and I unskilfull in wemens terms, I cannot easily recount."
Philip Stubbes 1583
I recreated this look on paper using-
- Auburn hair
- Ribbon
- Masking tape
- Satsuma net
'Monsters' appears in the quote which could symbolise a crazy/scary hairstyle.
'Hanging on face' - I took this to mean she could have a pretty veil coming down near her eye. I created this using red net from a packet of Satsuma's which I cut into a square shape and stuck down using cellotape. I placed it at a slight angle to give the illusion it was coming from her hair.
Lastly I used some red ribbon that a weaved through the back of her hair. I did this because it shows the social status as ribbon was expensive and hard to get hold of. Also it's one of the few ways women were able to keep their hair in place as hair pins had not been invented.
For our timed assessments I would suggest meeting a few times before hand so we are clear on each others design. After a few practise sessions I feel that we would be ready to go.
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