Elizabethan vs Contemporary

Elizabethan vs Contemporary

Whilst researching Elizabethan hairstyles, I noticed a lot of high end fashion designers have used the Elizabethan era for inspiration on the catwalk. Designers such as Coco Chanel and Alexander McQueen. They have used their taste for fashion and transformed the traditional Elizabethan look to a powerful contemporary look for people of the 21st century.  

http://www.emmafarrellmakeup.com/tag/alexander-mcqueen/

As you can see the traditional heart shaped style that was usually worn by Queen Elizabeth has been recreated for Alexander McQueen's catwalk for Spring/Summer fall 2010.

The portrait below shows Queen Elizabeth I with her heart shaped hairstyle back in the 1500s.

http://www.luminarium.org/renlit/elizface3.htm

In my opinion Queen Elizabeth wore it better, she added pearls and flowers to her hair which I feel gave it a bit more to look at historically. McQueen's catwalk is a good copy although it doesn't have much to it other than shape.