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.

I researched into african hairstyles and was really inspired to use this style for one of my final images, i also have not ever attempted to create this sort of style so i think this will be challenging for me but also i believe that i will learn a lot from it. Looking closely at these hairstyles this are everyday hair that are practical and easy to wear, also what really inspired me is the texture of the braids because i want my hairstyle that i create to  be really textured as this also comes through in the images. 

Moodboard

This is my mood board for my first look, my first look is inspired by the Maori tribe. I research into traditional maori tribe images which originated from New Zealand. Nowadays Maori tattoos have become vey popular and a lot of people are sporting Maori tattoos, I looked at both men and women and the different tattoos on them. In this mood board I have incorporated a few designs. I will use a female model. This mood board portrays the designs that u will use, also includes an image of hair.

Festival of Holy

I have been researching into the festival of Holy, I am really fascinated by this festival as it is so colourful. I thought this would be a great festival that the Indian culture celebrate to incorporate and interpret into my catwalk image. The reason I chose this for my catwalk look instead of me editorial is because I think you can go crazy with the colour and it goes not need to be so precise, therefore this would be much better suited with catwalk. The festival of holy is celebrated by Hindus mostly in Neal, it is the festival of colour. The festival is so unique because it is celebrated with such enthusiasm and goes on for 3 to 16 days. Great colours of gulal and abeer fill the air with a rush of excitement from all who are celebrating and playing with colours. People take turns to throw coloured water at each other. I really want to depict this festival in my image and I think it will be very interesting to work with so much colour.

Maori on women's chin and lips

 These are traditional Maori women, they had key significant jobs. They could not have full facial tattoos or fight in war, they were seen to be very sacred because they would provide their tribes with generations to come. The women were not allowed to be near the carvers or carve at all because of their menstrual cycle. Women played a key role int he Maori culture, the Moko tattoos on women were mainly on their chin but if she had them on her nostrils on in between her eyebrows she was very important.
The more tattoos you had the higher rank int he tribe you were, they told your story, where you were born, what tribe you belonged to and what you did.