Timed assessment one.

 This is my first assessment of my version of Miss Havisham. I was quite pleased with my look, as it took me a while to decide what my final design was going to be. I practiced on Nicole once and everything went to plan. On the timed assessment I finished earlier than planned. I was pleased with the outcome as it does not look too dramatic. I felt I had good time management due to practice and planning.

I practiced this hair style 5 times twice on Nicole and three times on my doll head. As I am not confident with hair I wanted to make sure I could recreate the look again and again for continuity.

My final makeup design.

For the base I wanted a matte texture. Therefore I used a matte primer. I then applied white foundation in the T-zone, a darker foundation to temples and around the mouth to add dimension to the face.

I then applied a dark foundation under the eyes to make it look as if I had bags. This is one of the many side effects an alcoholic has. I also with a brown grease paint added wrinkles to my face and blended them well so it does not look theatrical.

I applied a similar Kryolans Almond eye shadow on top to add extra detail.

I then added a light grey grease paint to the brows and lashes. As well as stippling on a burgundy colour on the nose and in the right corner of my lip.

I then added latex to my lips and around my left corner of my lip. To represent dehydration of the skin.













I like this design as I felt it has a good balance of shades, and texture. I also think if I did anything more to this look it may look unrealistic. I like this look as I have practiced it many times and it looks the same so it is fairly easy to recreate.

Development of my design.

I really like the idea of using the keyword decaying to develop my character. To me decaying of a person is when they are falling apart on the inside and the outside. Meaning to me that her skin will be in horrid condition. The skin will age. The skin will be different shades of colour. When I think of the word decaying I think of grubby looking skin. On this basis I will begin to develop my design.

 Here is my first design. I really like this design as it brings together many elements that I have learnt. It uses ageing, and some special effects makeup without it looking too much. This look was based on the fact that my Miss Havisham was an alcoholic, I showed this by using rosea ,redness in the eyes the dryness in the skin. It is common to get shivers when drunk or when having withdrawal symptoms causing the lips to have a blue hue to them.  Alcohol also ages the skin quicker.

 Here I have played on my initial idea. I still want dry skin around the mouth and rosea. Here I have put darker brows on and have made the lips darker. I have also defined the cheeks more.

Here I have added a blusher on the cheeks as they did where blusher in the Victorian era. I have kept everything else the same.
















However I prefer my first face chart. Although it looks too dramatic and almost zombie like, however I will trial this look and make it alot more subtle.

cuts and scars.

Many people self harm for many reasons. However Miss Havisham may self harm to distract her from her emotional pain. You also have to be in a certain state of mind. Miss Havisham would of been in a bad state of mind. The most common places to self harm are your wrists, and legs. She may of cut herself with glass or a broken mirror or maybe she scratched, or would burn herself. My Miss Havisham being a alcoholic may of not been able to feel physical pain. As we all know when you are intoxicated your sense are not as quick or sensitive in comparison to when you're sober.

Considering my character is going to be an alcoholic I found out that many alcoholics have suicidal thoughts. So she cuts herself as she is dealing with overwhelming emotions and if she harms herself it makes her feel better. I wanted to experiment to see what looked more realistic.

In order to get the most realistic looking scratch or burn I analyzed images of being harmed.

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Here is an image of a 2nd degree burn. the second degree burn is when the heat is soo hot it melts the top layer of skin. Making the layer of skin underneath very sore and red. This is not a fresh second degree burn as it i not red enough.(www.NHS.co.uk).

 Here is a fresh sort of looking second degree burn. I created this using multiple layer of latex. Using grease paint to fill in the peeled skin. I used a bruise wheel to create the redness around the burns.

Here is another burn I created this time using some Duo lash glue and again grease paints. I made the dermis much darker. As in the Victorian era they were not as hygienic as us. Dirt and dust would get into wounds causing diseases. I wanted the bun to look a bit grubby. This scar to me looks as though you could of out a candle on your arm as the formation is not neat. I am experimenting on the wrist as this is a common place people self harm as it is easy to hard, and easy to get to.

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These are cuts from a self harmer. As you can see the marks are not in any particular transformation. None are the same size. They are all still quite red. These cuts do not look too deep either.

Here is a cut I created using cinewax and some grease paint. I really like this as I feel it looks realistic. It was simple to make and only took two minutes.I created it with the intention that it would look like it has been done with a sharp edge. Like a glass as she does drink a lot. She gets angry when she remembers what has happened to her. She throws her glass out of anger, and cuts herself to try and forget about her emotional pain.

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I wanted to look at burn scars. To implicate that she had been burnt. I noticed they are raised, a little red in colour and have a shine to them.

Here I tried to create a burn scar. However I am not sure if it looks realistic enough it looks a little too fake and I do not think I will be developing my design with a burn scar on it.

My final hair design.

According to my research a popular hairstyle that was worn on a Victorian woman's wedding day was `The Gibson tuck`. I have chosen to use this as a starting point of my Miss Havisham hairstyle.

It is a simple delicate, soft, romantic looking hairstyle, that suited my technicality within hair well.

 Here the hair is in a center parting. Like the hair fashions in that era. I have put twists in the hair and the front of the hair has been pushed back to the sides. I have put a flower band in the hair like many women did on their wedding day it symbolizes innocence.

 To the side of the hair I have added some twists and pin curls. Adding some texture to the smooth hair. According to my research this hair style is historically correct. This is how my Miss Havisham's hair would of started out before the tragic news.

At the back of the hair I have created a Gibson tuck. a simple Victorian hairstyle worn by women of elegance, wealth, and class.

Decaying hair.

 To the side of my hairstyle I have added volume and texture by backcombing the hair. I also added a big Velcro hair roller at the crown of the hair to add volume. I pulled bits of hair out. My character's hair is like this as she sleeps where she drops. Why is her hair this colour? because her hair collects dust, cobwebs, and she is not getting any younger.I created this colour by using dry shampoo on the hair. As well as baby powder to represent that lovely stuff dandruff. I pulled  the front strands of hair curled them back combed them.

 To the back of the hair I have pulled parts of the tuck out, backcombed, and sprayed the hair to add color and to secure it.

At the front of the hair you can see I have curled and backcombed the front to add that messy look. I also wanted to show the dandruff effect. 

I have chosen this hair style as it is historically correct, and simple to create. Easy to destroy, and it is not time consuming. Therefore fits in perfectly for my timed assessment. It is also easy to recreate the same.

I will buy some fake flowers and will make them look grubby and old. I am also going to purchase a veil.

Experimenting with volume.

For my hairstyle I want the hair to be big and voluminous at the back. Like how hair goes once you've slept on it whilst your hair is up. Except exaggerated due to my characters conditions.

In class we often experiment with different ways to achieve height,volume and shape. One way to create it is by using padding. However I find padding hard to attach to head and make it stay whilst being rough with the rest of the hair.

I was placing objects in the hair such as as cans and gripping them in the hair to create a voluminous big shape like the image at the back of the hair. The problem with the can was that it would not hold very well. I then used two Velcro rollers in the hair after backcombing the bottom and top sections. I gripped these tightly in the hair. I found these created my desired shape and height. The stayed in the hair sturdy so I was able to work around them without them moving which was perfect.

Miss Havisham Base.

HAVISHAM
Mean Time (1998) 

Beloved sweetheart bastard. Not a day since then 

I haven’t wished him dead. Prayed for it
so hard I’ve dark green pebbles for eyes,
ropes on the back of my hands I could strangle with.

Spinster. I stink and remember. Whole days
in bed cawing Nooooo at the wall; the dress
yellowing, trembling if I open the wardrobe;
the slewed mirror, full-length, her, myself, who did this

to me? Puce curses that are sounds not words.
Some nights better, the lost body over me,
my fluent tongue in its mouth in its ear
then down till I suddenly bite awake. Love’s

hate behind a white veil; a red balloon bursting
in my face. Bang. I stabbed at a wedding-cake.
Give me a male corpse for a long slow honeymoon.
Don’t think it’s only the heart that b-b-b-breaks.

 Copyright Carol Ann Duffy, 1993

This poem has inspired my palette for my base! The poem is obviously about Miss Havisham it is a monologue spoken by Miss Havisham not in the book. The poem uses adjectives like colours. This is what has helped inspire my spectrum of colours for my base. The poem mentions the colours "Green,Puce,White and Red". Although I would mainly like to use different shades of brown, I would like to play about with these four colours.

Here is a simple base using the colors. White, brown and a brawny green.I used  brown and greeny brown under the eyes. This using brown and green together creates this sickly colour. I also used a warm red at the top of the nose inner corner of the eyes. I quite liked this look as a starting point. However my base is not finished yet.The texture looks matte and quite soft I think I would like my chaercter to look more rough.

I have developed my look by using more than one shade of foundation to create dimension. I used a white foundation on the inside of my face and used a darker shade on the temples and edge of my jawline. I blended the colours well so it did not look theatrical.I then used an almond brown around the eyes and on the corners of lips to give a sickly look. I wanted the face to be pale as Miss Havisham stayed inside all day which would mean that the lack of sunlight would make her skin go pale.I mixed in a brownish green eye shadow with the almond color.

How my Miss Havisham dealt with her pain.

Alcoholism.

How do a lot of us like to forget about our problems? Have a cheeky bottle of wine perhaps? Hoping the problem will vanish? In my mind this is how Miss Havisham dealt with her heart break. 

Drinking alcohol can help you escape depressive times. However if you constantly drink it, it is proven to cause severe depression .Alcohol is a addictive substance that can also cause psychiatric problems. It can cause anxiety, and can trigger suicidal thoughts. Withdrawal symptoms of alcoholism are sweating,shaking and nausea.

Alcohol is dehydrating to the body of nutrients this also shows in the skin. Causing dryness in the skin. Many alcoholics also have awful Rosacea in the skin.

From this vital information I have become inspired t create a Miss Havisham with greasy skin in areas due to sweating. Redness on the face and I will try and imply she has tried to kill herself possibly by hanging her self. I will try and create a mark around her neck to imply she has tried. Also showing her mental state.

I also like the idea of having mascara running down the face as an implication she had been crying.

Alcoholism in the Victorian era.

Alcohol became tremendously popular in the Victorian age. Gin was the popular choice of drink among the working class. Brandy and wine was the ultimate choice of alcohol among the middle and upper classes. Alcoholism was so bad that the parliament had to get involved to try and ban cheap gin from being produced. Although it was only the working class who drank Gin. It was the working class who were seen drinking, and socializing in pubs whereas the higher classes, would be a lot more private about the matter. Making the working class citizens look as though they make a negative impact on society.Although there seemed to be a clear explanation for the working class. Economically times were not good, they made little money to buy food and other resources. the benefits of alcohol are it makes you feel careless. It also was known to distract the body fro hunger pains. The parliament increased the poor wages to encourage them to buy more necessities such as food, and clothes, this only lead to them consuming more alcohol. Alcohol was also said to make men violent again another stereotype of being working class.(Kevin Swarfford (2007). Class in Late-Victorian Britain.. londn: Cambria Press. 63-176.)

Whereas the higher classes drank alcohol but in the privacy of their own homes. If they the alcohol had a violent effect on them then perhaps it had a psychological effect on them.

Being drunk was seen as a serious crime especially if you were a woman. As that era was extremely patriarchal so of course women had to be seen as angelic.

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I thought I would find a image of a Victorian woman drunk just to analyse some facail expression and her appearance to help create my character more accurately. I can see from this image she has heavy bags under the eyes. Swollen eye lids. Heavy wrinkles around the mouth and chin. Extremely thin lips. From this image I can see that this women looks as though she is middle class due to her clothing, which can also help me with perhaps some hair experimentation. If I wanted to analyse this image in further detail I cold point out the face tha she is wearing black which could indicate that this woman is also grieving like Miss Havisham. As wome often wore black for years to grieve in like Queen Victoria.

I am writing about this to help me get an idea of what Miss Havisham would of drank. Also helps explain why she would not be down the pub everyday and night. Why she would keep herself locked up as she would of been frowned upon and possibly arrested. Drinking everyday would contribute to her insanity.

Broken Heart Syndrome.

It appears that many scientists and health experts have proven that there is such a illness known as Broken heart syndrome. After doing much research into this illness I discovered that Miss Havisham may have had this illness well she certainly did in my mind along with some mental issues. The syndrome is proven to  have effects on a woman emotionally, physically,and mentally. Some effects are extremely serious and can lead to serious heart problems. I found it fascinating that a break up can have impact on your heart, that your emotions are indeed linked to your heart in a relationship. As well as your well being.

Book title:The physics of coronary Blood Flow.
Author:M.Zamir (2006)

Symptoms.

 Heart pressure or pain, palpitations, abnormal heart rhythms.

When the stress response is triggered by a break up or divorce, the body sends out a massive flooding of the hormones cortisol and adrenaline. “Any time your adrenaline levels are higher, you’re more vulnerable to faster heart rate, palpitations and certain arrithymias, or abnormal heart rhythms, as well as skipped beats, light headedness, feeling your chest pounding, and a fluttering feeling in your neck,” says Dr. John M. Kennedy, a Marina Del Ray cardiologist and co-author of “The 15 Minute Heart Cure: The Natural Way to Release Stress and Heal Your Heart in Just Minutes a Day.” (www.today.com)

Women heart patients facing severe stress from marriage difficulties were found to have three times the risk of heart attack as women without such stress. Worse, there’s a syndrome that mimics heart attack called Takotsuba syndrome, or broken heart syndrome, in which an EKG, chest X-ray and blood work all indicate heart attack. But when a cardiologist goes inside the heart searching for the culprit blocked artery, the arteries are wide open. The stress response simulates heart attack symptoms. “Broken heart syndrome is an extreme form of what heartache can do to our bodies,” says Kennedy.  While it can be lethal, the heart muscle usually recovers within six months. (www.today.com)

Cold or flu.

The same stress symptoms can weaken your immune system causing the bacteria in your body to become weak and not defend your body.

Insomnia.

Extra stress and worry can cause people not to sleep. Whilst being heart broken can cause some people to sleep all day. 

Gastro upset (stomach pain, loss of appetite, diarrhea,)

A lot of women cannot handle the stress of loosing someone who means a lot to them. Therefore a way a lot of us deal with these loses is to not eat. Not by choice but we tend to loose our appetites. Which can potentially lead to an eating disorder. Or women can go the other way and over eat still an eating disorder (Binge eating) causing the body to out on weight.

Loosing a loved one can also effect the skin causing eczema or psoriasis  

From looking into this syndrome it has helped me to gain a understanding of what Miss Havisham went through and how it can effect the body inside and eventually on the outside. I now have developed in my mind how I can start to create my character.

Ageing Makeup.

There is no number on Miss Havisham. We are not told how old or even how young she is. However we are given details that give us an idea that she is not young. But possibly middle aged due to living conditions this was seen as being old.

You can create old aged makeup by using grease paints, and foundation.

1. Prepare the skin by cleansing, toning and moisturizing.
2. Apply a light coat of skin matched foundation, or paler foundation due to the desired outcome to the face.
3. Using a fine brush and a shade of brown depending on your models skin tone. Get your model to screw their face up for a dramatic look and you apply the brown shade where you can see wrinkles.
4. Then blend these lines out using either a sponge or fingers.
5. Remembering to shade the temples too.
6. For a more dramatic look you can use a colour lighter than your models skin type to highlight some of the wrinkles.

Here is one of the aged makeup looks I trialed. I prefer this look as I feel it is not theatrical looking and is more realistic. To me Miss Havisham would of been about 40 years so I think this is about right. Although this is not what a 40 year old woman would like, like today but taking into consideration living conditions. They did not have miracle creams, healthy diets, or botox!

Here I tried a more dramatic aging makeup. I like this but more for theatrical purposes. This is not my ideal Miss Havisham! But was a fun look to create!

For the skin to crepe you can use old aged stipple. 

 This can be used to create wrinkles by applying various layers drying them then pinching the skin together. If you pick at the skin it can also create very realistic dry,flaky skin.

Key word hair development.

In class we learnt how to create a french pleat in the hair. I have created a french pleat silhouette. This silhouette I would associate with words such as sophisticated, plain. I would also associate this hair style with older women, and of a certain class. This hair style is also rather old fashioned looking

For Miss Havisham I chose the keyword Eccentric to describe her hair. To me eccentric means to be a  crazy, messy, and creative. I tried to show this on my dolls head. I pulled out strands of hair. Back combing the hair to make it look messy. I then added some of my grey grease paint through the hair to add grey strands. I then added baby powder to give the hair a dry texture. It also added lightness to the hair making it look old. I think I would like to use cobwebs in the hair to symbolize something being old. I added bits of cotton wool I thought maybe she would have spiders laying eggs in her hair or perhaps head lice. I saw that in the Victorian era they used to put pearls and pretty clips in their hair on their wedding day so I made my own hair clips. But would like to use dead flowers in the hair to represent the decaying

Miss Havisham from Victorian artists eyes.

I can also get an idea of how others have interpreted Miss Havisham closer to the time when the piece was written. These will be more historically correct.

 Charles Green 1877Greta Expectations Gadshill editoin. Charles Dickens.

 This perception of Miss Havisham was created by successful artist Charles Green who illustrated for many of Charles Dickens books. He lived through the Victorian era so would of been able to grasp a Victorian ideal of the character. The surroundings of the room look messy and ragged. Miss Havisham in this image looks aged in the face. Her cheekbones appear to be very prominent. Her eyes sallow, her mouth drooped. Her facial expression she looks deep in thought. Her arms are positioned as if she is bored. She is surround by luxurious items for that period, glamorous dressing table, jewelry box; showing her wealth.
From this image I can gain that she could be aged. I can keep in mind the facial expression for my model.

Harry Furniss.
The Charles Dickens Museum London.

 In this piece Miss Havisham again looks very aged. Her pose looks very regal showing her class. I like how her head is casting a shadow suggesting the room has little light. The shadow also looks unlike a human could possibly be suggesting that she is already dead? She looks extremely thin as her collar bones, neck and shoulder bones are protruding out. Her waist looks as though it has been exaggerated as it is almost microscopic. To me she looks dead in this image there seems to be no life in the facial expression or body.

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This piece intrigues me as unlike the other illustrations Miss Havisham looks much younger and somewhat attractive. Although she looks thin she does not look ill. She appears to be a powerful character in this image. As she towers over Pip, and she is sitting down! Although Miss Havisham appears to be alt more human like, Pip still seems petrified by her. Could this be proving that Miss Havisham was viewed from a child's perspective? Although pip describes her to look like a waxwork could this be perceived as she looks so perfect that she does not look real? As she spends a lot of time at her dressing table she could have time to work on her appearance. Making me think I do not have one option to make Miss Havisham as old and haggard as possible.

Miss Havisham's influence on fashion.

Since Dickens created one of the most,intriguing  characters not only has she had an influence on wanting to create her on stage, movies and television shows. But her character has had such an impact on high culture, it has also influenced popular culture such as fashion of course. 

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Here is an Akira head piece from Sydney's Mercedes Benz fashion festival . This piece was said to of been inspired by Miss Havisham. The head piece could  not only represent a marriage veil but it could also represent her hair at first glance. As it is big and messy like how I would imagine her hair to be.

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Prabal Gurung AW11

Inspired by a sense of decayed elegance, Prabal Gurung's AW11 collection referenced Charles Dickens' Great Expectations, imagining how Miss Havisham might have looked in her youth. Saying he has "always been inspired by books", he described the collection as "lugubrious, savage, Victorian and romantically-disheveled".

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This is the famous Oyster dress from Alexander Mcqueens 2003 Spring/Summer show. This dress looks to me as though it could of been inspired by Miss Havisham by it coloring as though its rather old. the ruffles and rips looks as though it s been worn for quite some time. This dress actuality inspired the Miss Havisham dress worn y Helena Bonham Carter. Showing the impact that art inspires art. Meaning that Miss Havisham will forever inspire people to create art from art it's like a never ending cycle.

Miss Havisham in the BBC tv series

In Gillian Anderson's version of `Great expectations` we can see again that the unforgettable character Miss Havisham has been portrayed very differently from the other two that I have analysed. Both in image, and in character. In terms of character she seems to have a very warming effect. Her voice is soft and gentle. When Pip first sees her she is glowing as if she is a spirit; which initially makes me warm to her. I think the makeup is beautiful in this adaption of Miss Havisham. She does not look as though she is decaying she almost looks like a spirit possibly a implication that she is dead in spirit? The base is flawless, pale, yet the texture is dewy on the cheeks. It looks as though there is no makeup on the eyes, except from brown shades around the eyes, possibly to indicate that she is sleep deprived. Her lips are extremely dry I think this is a nice touch to the makeup, as a kiss represent love, since her lips are cracked it cold be representing that her heart is cracked. For me the hair looks far too perfect, as I do not believe that the ringlets would hold for years.

Miss Havisham in Great expectation films.

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In director Mike Newells version of Great Expectations. Miss Havisham is played by renowned actress Helena Bonham Carter. Known for playing quirky, interesting characters. Analyzing her whole image I think Newells perception of Miss Havisham was perfect!  The pale makeup, and dark eyes indicating she has o daylight. I love the costume design of the dress that looks like a rag. She looks mid fourties not too old which I liked. The big eccentric hair and veil. She really does look ghostly, as if she is living but inside she is dead. Although she does sort of resemble a corpse. I found the fact that she walked around with a walking stick, and she sat in a wheel chair fascinating. As she could of had brittle bones, due to lack of vitamins. Or by not doing everyday rituals leading to her body almost ot being able to handle her own body weight leaving her in a  fragile condition. She plays the part well; as to me sh comes across as an odd but rather lovely woman until the dark side of her is alter revealed. Although for my perception of Miss Havisham I believe she would not settle for having nothing to help escape her misery. Which is why I am going to research alcoholism.

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Another version of Great Expectations that intrigued me was Alfonso Cuarón(1998) contemporary version of the film. Miss Havisham aka Ms. Nora Dinsmoor played by Anne Bancroft. Was an intriguing character. She was mad! In terms of image she looks "Mutton dressed as lamb" She is clearly wearing a wig and has slapped on the heavy makeup. In the film she appears to always have a drink or a smoke in her hand. Which also helped to inspire me to think about alcoholism in the Victorian age. Although she looks rather old about 60 in the film she could be younger. But due to the effects of smoking alcohol and stress could of made her age. Her wearing heavy makeup she could be trying to hide the fact that she is broken hearted. He joyful personality also contributes to hiding her broken self.

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Where as in David Leans 1946 production. Miss Havisham has a soft look about her. Although she does look a bit elderly with the walking stick and light wispy hair. Her skin leaves barely any traces of any wrinkles. Although the film is in Black and white. So we cannot see as much detail as we would of liked too. From this image I would like to also use flowers in the hair on the wedding day. Not only is that historically correct but adds a nice touch to the overall look.

Miss Havisham in the novel.

Miss Havisham is a character created by novelist Charles Dickens (Great Expectations). She has been an inquisitive character that many people have felt inspired to re-create various, texts ,plays,poems, films,and television productions based on her; or just inspired by her. Her character has had such an influence on popular and high culture there is even named a type of depression after her called `The Havisham effect`. This is a form of depression that can be caused by having a broken heart. therefore they develop gaining pleasure through addictive behavior such as alcohol, drugs, self harming. I guess for Miss Havisham it was to relive the same day.

My first impression of Miss Havisham wow! I was intrigued she is a character that is full of mystery that I wanted to know about. Such as why is she wearing that dress? Why have the clocks stopped? Why the hell does she ask children around her mansion to play? I found her all very odd and wonderful. Of course as I read the novel I found the answer to me questions and more.

Pip describes Miss Havishams mansion as "old,derelict, and separated from the outside world. I found these words to be thought-provoking. These words to me also represent Miss Havisham's life she is seen as old through Pip's eyes, her appearance is not cared for, and she lives her life sheltered away from reality. She is living but metaphorically she is dead. She is living her life like a dead person. Pip also goes on to describe her home "the cold wind seemed to blow colder here than outside [the gate]". Implying to me again that she is like a deceased person, as they loose warmth in their bodies when they die.

Pip also described Miss Havisham to be a cross between a skeleton and waxwork. Since my brain processed those words they have stuck in my mind. My imagination plays on these words creating a figure of  Miss Havisham. Considering the fictional book was written and of course the characters are fictional. I can only create a Miss Havisham from my imagination but using the keywords that I found intriguing to help me create my character.

A Victorian french pleat development.

 We learnt how to create french pleat as many Victorians wore this style. We could use this as a starting point to make a big shape in the hair. As Miss Havisham may of had big hair due to lying around around and not brushing it to tame it.



Here is the back of my classical french pleat. Volume created using padding, and backcombing.

 I added pin curls at the front of the hair to add a extra Victorian element.

From the front this look is a strong, sophisticated look.
I can use this as my starting point for my Miss Havisham. Playing about with colour,texture, and props.

I am not sure if I want to use this for my hair style. As it is very time consuming.

Hair inspiration.

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 When I first laid my eyes on this image I become infatuated with it. Its such a disturbingly pretty image. I do not know if it was influenced by Miss Havisham but it reminds me of her. The hair is crazy yet looks pretty with the use of props. I really would like to use flowers in the hair maybe like a hairband.

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This is a simple,elegant ,Victorian Gibson tuck. I have chosen to use the Gibson tuck due to my partners hair. As her hair is thick yet rather short. I want to do a up do as these were very popular for bridal hair. I feel this will be not too challenging to create neither time consuming which makes it perfect.