Chosen Culture.

When doing my research i began to get very confused about what era or culture to chose, i was interested in the article about black power and the hair symbolising this within the communities in the 60's but i find that working with afro hair is very difficult further more on a wig is even more so. Although i could use the cultural ideas and develop a hair style, i would want to incorporate the afro hair and i don't feel as comfortable working with this hair yet. I further was looking into hair eras and was drawn to the hair of the 40's and 50's the elegance of the styles i found inspiring having always been interested by vintage style and fashion. I began looking into this era and found Pin Up illustrations very enrapturing having collected 50's magazines from my grandparents i remember seeing Pin Up's advertising products from the time. I was drawn to the polished, feminine and beautiful qualities within Pin Up hair and this is now what i would like to explore further. Although Pin Up is not a culture as such it was a subculture of the time within the war the Pin Up girls meant more than models advertising products and is even around today i would like to explore this further in using the qualities from this culture and incorporating my own ideas to create a new and exciting hair style.

Recreating Pin-Up Art (no date). Recreating Pin-Up Art. Available at: http://www.listal.com/list/recreating-pinup-art (Accessed: 8 October 2014).