These are just a small selection of images which I feel are reflective of the textures and colours of Elizabethan hair. I particularly like the tumbleweed idea as this is something which is found in arid environments where the sun has wilted plant life and caused it to die and break from it's roots... I felt this reflected the processes the Elizabethan ladies put their hair through to achieve a fashionably light colour.
The frayed rope is again reflective of a material under stress and as we know, the processing of hair in the Elizabethan age was harsh on the hair and would have left many ladies with patchy hair or even bald! I feel the shape of the rope could easily and effectively be incorporated into a hair piece using plaiting techniques.
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