As we said in our initial review, 1. The hairstyles were designed by Marc Elliot Pilcher, who has worked on a number of productions including, as hair stylist, Cranford , The Young Victoria , W.
Of course, just like the costumes, the designers referenced a Regency aesthetic but then went wild and wacky. Several key characters in this series are Black. Women of color are often depicted wearing wrapped scarves or turbans, but certainly followed contemporary trends:. But key to her look were her short, wispy bangs — which I hated aesthetically, but are acceptable for this period, as I explained in my overly long rant about the subject. If you look at the images for that film, obviously, it was made in the s, even though, again, it was a Regency period film.
Initially, it was just a sort of small, straight bang that went all the way across. But then as we progressed, [showrunner] Chris [Van Dusen] wanted it to feel softer rather than a full bang. She frequently pulled the hair around to one side, in one big fat ringlet.
The effect is semi-acceptable, although it really should be one or more side ringlets and not the whole bottom half of her head. But whenever she moved, you got this effect:. Now, this got me to thinking about Eloise, who has a whole scene about not looking forward to putting her hair up with mom at the dressmaker :. So I did some hunting and put out a call to Facebook friends, and we came across the following:. The Featherington family is where things start to get wacky, primarily on Lady Featherington.
When up, they merge into these fun high styles:. Marina is only sort of a Featherington — a cousin, but with a totally different aesthetic. According to Pilcher,. I spent most of the series trying to figure out if they were made of hair, ribbon, pearls, trim, or what! It turns out that they appear to be a mix of all these things and more. Lady Danbury is creme de la creme, established, bitchy but fabulous , and the top of the ton.
