Hair Charts - Contemporary Ideas

This has been the part of the unit that I've been looking forward too the most. This is the time that I came be so creative and push the limits of mixing modern day with classic old styles. Again, like the historical charts, I'm going to have to take into consideration that I'm working on a wig and not a human head. I believe this will affect some of my hair chart ideas and will limit me a lot to what I can create. Here are my ideas;

 

 

This is my first contemporary hair chart. It is a mixture of two punk hairstyles, a mohawk and a horse mane. As you can see, it looks like there are four balls attached to the head, these are in fact twisted and curled buns. For the prep, the hair will be placed in rollers to manipulate the hair, it will also give it some amazing curls. I'd then place some grips in the hair to make the buns link up and flow together as one. One the sides of the head, I would create two Dutch plaits that are raised up against the head. This is the bit that complicates things as Dutch plaits on a wig, wouldn't look very good because you'd clearly see all connections in the wig.

 

This is my second contemporary hair chart. I really like this idea and at the minute, this is the one that I'm wanting to create. The whole idea behind this is a twisted mohawk. Looking at it now, I can see that it slightly resembles a classic Danny Zuko hairstyles. This is something that I'm going to need to deal with when it comes to styling so it looks like a contemporary punk rather than a 1950s hairstyle. The sides will be slicked back against the head and work themselves into the mohawk. For the front, I want it to be large with lots of volume. It will involve a lot of backcombing and hairspray I believe.

 

My final contemporary hairstyle is more to do with curls and decoration, I want this to look pretty and modern. I would section the hair so the mohawk would be diagonal, to give a modern twist. I would have the hair on either side of the mohawk slicked against the head like my second idea chart and work it's way into the rolls. The face on image, shows the height and volume that I want to create on that top roll. The back of the head image shows that the four rolls on the back of the head are flat against it. I want it to resemble flowers and have this as more of a pretty punk than what they normally stand for, and that's ugliness.

 

As of right now, I have not chosen which idea to use because I like them all. I don't think I'll be creating my first idea look as I just don't see it working on a wig, this is something more of a human head. I'm torn between my two other ideas and I really don't know which one to create. I think I need to talk to some of my tutors first to see which is more appropriate, as I want it to be noticeable a punk look.