Pearls used to feature heavily in Elizabethan portraiture and were sometimes used as an accessory to adorn the hair. They used to have high levels of symbolism in portraying purity and wealth. In this portrait of Elizabeth I she has used pearls in her hair. The image below of Rita Ora can also be seen to incorporate pearls but it has more of a contemporary feel yet reminds me of the Elizabethan trend. Rita's hair is also twisted into plaits which was another famous trend in Elizabethan times.
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| Queen Elizabeth With Pearls In Her Hair https://www.pinterest.com/drealeed/french-farthingales/ |
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| Rita Ora With Pearls In Her Hair http://www.hji.co.uk/hair/pearly-queen-rita-ora-chanel-hair/ |
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| Queen Elizabeth I Wearing A Gem Crown http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/about/services/photography/popular-images.aspx |
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| Dolce And Gabbana Autumn Winter 13 http://www.hji.co.uk/hair/reinventing-the-classics-designers-with-signature-catwalk-hairstyles/ |
Feathers were sometimes used in the hair but more rarely than pearls and gems. I found the 'Spanish Armada Portrait' of Queen Elizabeth I where it looks as though she has an exotic feather in her hair. This feather would have been used to represent her conquests and successes in the new worlds and how she had succeeded in the expansion of her reign. I found a contemporary use of a feather from a Gucci catwalk show which reminded me of the Elizabethans, but not the use of the ponytail.
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| Queen Elizabeth I 'Spanish Armada' Portrait With A Feather In Her Hair http://historyofeuropeanfashion.wordpress.com |
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| Gucci Catwalk Show http://aheadofhairextensions.wordpress.com/2012/09/18/ponytails-and-feathers-catwalk-2012/ |
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