Final Designs + 'Wig Story'

Simple Design:

Moderate Design:

Extreme Design:

My 'Wig Story':

For my three wig designs I have chosen to develop my ideas from the influence of 18th Century hair and Marie Antoinette in particular. During this period, The 'pouf' was a traditional style with great height and structure. With this influence, I am going to be creating a contemporary 18th Century influenced set of designs. With this in mind, I shall be focusing on the symbolism of hair during Marie Antoinette's reign to the thrown. 

The three of my designs have been heavily influenced by the design Pouf 'Jolie Femme', which had masses of height and was elaborately decorated with feathers and flowers. I have also taken the inspiration from the hairstyle The Ques-A-Co, which sports three feathers which slightly resembles a question mark. My most obvious influence comes from The Coiffure a la Belle-Poule. This famous design holds a large ship in the hair with curled hair underneath to imitate the movement of waves. The designing of this style was just after the victory of La Belle-Poule in the naval battle, and Marie Antoinette's reign was at its peak. This was also the largest and more eccentric style of hair that she wore. But eventually, the court condemned Marie Antoinette to death, and the first to go was her famous head of hair. Not long before this did she start to loose her hair. 

The significance of the reduction of hair throughout the extremity of designs is to show Marie Antoinette's connection and importance of hairstyle. The measure of impact her hair made was had some sort of relation to the amount of power she had. 

In my designs I have shown how the impact of hair can have on the impression of the person wearing it. With this in mind, I have taken this influence and have turned it into something more contemporary in colour, texture and alteration in shape. I have also been inspired by Wildfox's AW14 lookbook and have taken onboard how to make this look more current.

Mood Board: