The inspiration and symbolism of the final hair design

My final hair design for the assesment was created being inspired by the fallowing elizabethan portait:

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The "Ditchley portrait" is the largest surviving full-length portrait of Queen Elizabeth I.. It celebrates Elizabeth's divine powers; a jeweled celestial sphere hangs from the queen's left ear, signifying her command over nature itself.  The background of this portrait appears odd - it is split between blue and sunny sky on the left, and black and stormy sky on the right. This a continue the theme of royal authority over nature.
In "Tudor Costume and Fashion"(pp.606-607), the author, Herbert Norris describes the clothing that the Queen Elizabeth is wearing in this portrai: " The custom is of "white satin diagonally cross-barred with white silk puffings, having roses superimposed with ornaments of goldsmith's work set at the Intersections. These gold ornaments vary in design, some have groups of four pearls, others oval rubies, sapphires and others rectangular again. The long-pointed sleeves and bodice are decorated in the same manner, but the hanging sleeveshave These ornaments set along the edges . The wired-out portions are the only visible parts of the veil. The headdress of crown-shape is a mass of rubies, pearls, and some spherical jewel of a brilliant red, with a pearl apex surmounting the whole structure. Other interesting details are The ropes of pearls hanging from the neck and the pearls on the wig, the pink roses Set On the ruff, the decorated brown leather gloves in the left hand, and the Chinese fans, made to open and shut, attached by a coral- colored ribband to the waist girdle. "

I described the costume present in this portrait because the small details are very important when creating a look and some of these details will be present in my design as well. But first I would like to introduce the my contemporary image that I used for my inspiration:

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The famous singer/songwriter Elizabeth Woolridge Grant, known as Lana del Rey, is my contemporanian New Elizabethan inspiration because of the strebgh and confidence that she transmits through her look and her mysterious personality. but for this brief she inspired me the Elizabethan look thanks to her redish hair, her sophistication and the glamorous appearence.
For example,she looks very Elizabethan on the Vogue's cover photo mainly because of the hair styling and make up. The hair style created here to me is old fashioned, yet been made to look contemporary because of the untidiness. The jewels on the garment worn by Lana Del Rey remind me of the rich embroided garments worn by the Elizabethan women.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2197461/Lana-Del-Rey-smoulders-covershoot-Vogue-Australia.html

However, turning at the topic of the inspiration for my final hair design, I used a mix of twon different pictures of Lana del Rey that are the following:

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The reason why I've chosen two images is because from the first picture I like a lot the idea of having that kind of volume on the top of the head, while the second picture inspires me more the topic of Elizabethan. In the second image, Lana Del Rey is sitting on a throne with a tiger next to her on each side- which for me is a symbol of power and determination. In addition she has a kind of crown made of different shades of blue roses.

    I will also use roses into my hair design. I've chose to use blue roses as the sitter from the contemporanean image and also red roses which are iconic for Queen Elizabeth. The blue rose is a flower that seeks to convey a message of mystery, enchantment and a sense of the impossible. One should never forget that as a flower that is not found freely in nature, the blue rose has a certain charm and unique mystery that does not reveal itself freely. In fact if we pay attention at her appearence, listen to her music and look at the majoriy of the pictures we can notice how she evokes mystery. While the red roses are symbolic in Elizabethan portraits with a meaning of Tudor dynasty and the unity that it brought to the realm. The rose also had religious connotations, as the medieval symbol of the Virgin Mary, and was used to allude to the Virgin Queen as the secular successor to the Virgin Mary.