In class we created this early victorian hairstyle. The images that we focused on trying to replicate were the images shown above. Queen Victoria used to wear her hair with a plaited bun at the back of the head and 2 plaits looping underneath her ears ( so they were exposed) and attached to the bun. These hairstyles were popular so that women could wear bonnets, so they made sure the hair was as flat to the head as it could be, but you still had the detail of the plaits around the ears.
I had to make sure i sectioned the hair correctly so that it would create the loops underneath the ears. I found it quite difficult to do on Leah's hair as she has very short hair so the plaits couldn't fully loop underneath the ears and into the bun so they loop halfway down the ear.
The hair was very smooth and all brought off the neck because it was important in early victorian times to show the décolletage. This was an easy hairstyle for girls who were of a lower social class than queen Victoria. A lot of girls looked up to her as a style icon therefore this was an easier hairstyle for them to recreate at home.
Reflection:
If i did this hairstyle again i would make sure i added hair pieces to make Leah's hair a lot longer, so i could then get the plaits to loop underneath the ear and wrap around the bun to make that bigger as well. I would also want to take more time to make sure the pins were hidden in the bun. Overall i found this hairstyle quite easy to recreate, the only difficulty i had was making it look realistic to portraits and photos etc from the time as Leah's hair wasn't long enough.
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