My Fav Modern Elizabethan Hairstyle....

Modern Elizabethan Hair

http://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/hilliard-queen-elizabeth-i-l00128

This portrait of Queen Elizabeth herself shows the curl detail in which elizabethan women wore. Looking at the portrait I would also say the hair is completely pinned up, she may have even had the back styled in a bun. Her hair is accessorised with little red and cream flowers i can't make out which type from the photograph, but on her clothing the flowers resemble roses, possibly she's wearing roses in her hair. Flowers was usually worn as a fragrance in the elizabethan era.

The Queens forehead stands out like many of her other portraits, this was to signify power and wealth.

The Portrait was painted by Nicholas Hilliard 1575.