Bindis

I have looking  into indian bindis,they vary from different sizes and colours. The bindis hang down from the forehead and some are also attatched  to a headpiece.

Tribal Brights at Thakoon NYFW Fall 2011

Thakoon collection inspired by Kenya's Maasai tribe. They have interpreted the use of colour into the hair and makeup. Oldie Gilbert was the Hairstylist and Diane Kendal the makeup artist. The headpieces were woven accessories from winter knit hats, the hairstylist said she was inspired by the recycling that goes on in Africa. For the makeup the eyebrows were bleached and red eye makeup was applied to the lids. To finish off the look she applied three different blushers.

Viral Campaign

To celebrate Earth Day, Urban Eco lifestyle site Green jar has released a campaign. This campaign features five different looks, staring America's next top model winner Dani Evans. She is adorned with Maasai tribal embellishments. This is a viral campaign which seeks to raise awareness about the effects of environment degradation of the Maasai culture through fashion, photography and design. The campaign features embellishments made by the Maasai women.  

Maasai Tribe

The Maasai tribe are best known for their coloured ornaments, they are Africa's most renowned tribe. Their lives revolve around their large heard of cattle, they moved to Kenya from Sudan and settled in the rift valley in Kenya.  Their women wear vast plate like bead necklaces and bangles. The colourful ornaments are mainly created for their beauty, this is a very important aspect of Maasai culture. The warriors colourfully paint themselves with ochre.

Maori tribe face charts

Holy festival face chart

Final images

These are the final images of the samples of tribal hair we did in lesson.

This is one of my sample hairstyles for my look, i tied the hair up into five ponytails then back combed all of the hair. Once it was all backcombed i then put it up with grips and added some colour to add to the tribal theme. i love this big hair because it is very modern but also very tribal, it was not very difficult to style this hair, before i would not of been able to do something like this but Seema run through the steps with us. 

Sampled of tribal hairstyles in lesson

This is a sample that me and Gina created in lesson.

Samples in lesson

I used full as earth to create this, I applied the full as earth then I caved out the patterns. When dry I painted the patterns with aqua colour.

Tribal hair in lesson

This is a hairstyle that I did in lesson inspired by tribal hair. I scraped all the hair back and used large round donut to put the hair in. Then I wrapped the crape hair around the bun.

A sketch

This is a sketch that i did, it's just a patterns that I will be using on my final design.

Face charts

Leigh Bowery Pakis From Outer Space

This is one of Leigh Bower's fashion collection, at Camden Palace, London Fashion Week 1982/83. He called his collection "Pakis from outer space" to heighten their enjoyment of it all.
Leigh was searching for originality and extreme, the vivid colours and ornament of Asian fashion inspired them. He wanted to combine it with seventies Glam Rock clothes, it was a perfect clash. Leigh designed the clothes and Trojan added motifs and makeup ideas. It stayed off his paintings onto Leigh face, giant spots and Sanskrit scrawls.

Charles F. Goldie’s Paintings

Charles F. Goldie’s  painted Maori with full facial tattoos, these tattoos are called moko or ta moko. Goldie’s pictures show that the tattoos were in fact carved into the skin. Goldie painted all of these and they were all fascinated by his paintings. I really like the detail in these paintings, they closely show the carvings of the tattoos. Including spirals lines and various patterns all over the face. These were all high ranked people of the Maori tribes. The painting of the lady shows her rank as the tattoo is only on her chin and not on her nostrils or between her eyebrows.

Sampled of Maori in lesson

This is a sample I did in lesson. I used full as earth on the arm and I curved Maori shaped into the arm, then I dried it of with a hair dryer. Whilst drying it created a crackling affect. I found the full ad earth very easy to use and would be practical do a catwalk as it does no rub of easily.

Tribal Group in southampton

Editorial 2ND shoot Holy Festival Face Chart

The TV series 'The Tribe'

'The Tribe' is a TV show, The hairstyles on all the characters are inspired by different tribes. The main character ebony  has her whole braided, this is the sort of hairstyle that i want to create on my model, inspired by African hair.

Catwalk 1ST shoot Mori Face Chart

Hindu Gods and Goddesses

Looking at the festival of Holy, i then came across this picture of the famous Bollywood actress sporting a bindi, In the Indian culture bindis are very popular for both men and women. Bindis vary from a very tiny jewel to a large headpiece. the gold and red goes very well together.

High Fashion African Hair

These five has got to be my favorite, i think it is bold, big very textured. Just the way that they have over exaggerated the plait in the last image just makes it so different and high fashion. Some of these hairstyles look so effortless but a lot of work has been put into them for example the plait that has been wrapped round in a top bun. I am really inspired but the last picture with the massive plait i think it is very tribal and it brings fashion into culture.