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Hair-raising
Sep. 3rd, 2010 10:04 amI think I might've finally figured out Yulia Tymoshenko's hairstyle, or at least that luscious thick braid arcing over the top of the head. (I just ran an image search in another window to double-check, and found this page with a picture showing the back of her braid circlet, which iirc I hadn't previously seen.)
My attempts still look rather dishevelled, but I've only been checking them in a mirror at the end, instead of mid-process. And I can't figure how she gets that diagonal sweep of the underlying hair across her forehead, though that could be another matter of experience and visual feedback. I haven't found footage of her undoing her hair in front of the cameras, which would've been immensely helpful. (Supposedly she's done this several times.)
But instead of a straightforward plain braid pinned across the top of the head, which wouldn't have consistent width and isn't consistent with pix of the unbraided mid-back length, it might be a Dutch-braiding technique that only uses her front hair to anchor and supplement a normal braid that started at her nape.
(In thie context, a "Dutch braid" is a "reversed" French braid: new hair gets added to the section coming up from the center, instead of sweeping in from the outside.)
I was trying to write up a more detailed description of the process, but decided it was probably more trouble than it was worth unless anyone actually wants it.
My attempts still look rather dishevelled, but I've only been checking them in a mirror at the end, instead of mid-process. And I can't figure how she gets that diagonal sweep of the underlying hair across her forehead, though that could be another matter of experience and visual feedback. I haven't found footage of her undoing her hair in front of the cameras, which would've been immensely helpful. (Supposedly she's done this several times.)
But instead of a straightforward plain braid pinned across the top of the head, which wouldn't have consistent width and isn't consistent with pix of the unbraided mid-back length, it might be a Dutch-braiding technique that only uses her front hair to anchor and supplement a normal braid that started at her nape.
(In thie context, a "Dutch braid" is a "reversed" French braid: new hair gets added to the section coming up from the center, instead of sweeping in from the outside.)
I was trying to write up a more detailed description of the process, but decided it was probably more trouble than it was worth unless anyone actually wants it.