The two main shapes within the Elizabeth era which includes padding is a lift using padding at the center of the top of the head and a heart shape with two padding on each side of the head.
From the Middle Ages to the Elizabethan era there was a dramatic change in culture from a fiercely religious middle ages to non religious society where they concentrated more on science, politics and art. Young married women were seen with their hair uncovered for the first time since being in a less stricter religious surrounding.
Elizabethan hairstyles were high and frizzed with padding to create a frame around the head. The ideal hair was red and naturally curly inspired by Queen Elizabeth who highly influence fashion trends within this period. Wigs were introduced in 1572 as women were thriving for distinct red fair hair.
Queen Elizabeth's hair was often curled and occasionally padded, however wore wigs in her later years wearing her unique high curled style until her death.
When including padding into my own hairstyle designs i felt it was much easier using the padding at the center of head rather than the heart shaoe as it was much more challenging to create enough volume of the hair to cover the padding of the heart shape and make sure both the sides were the same length.
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