Hair Studio: Creating a French Pleat/ Vertical Roll

During our Seminar/Practical with Seema we learnt how to create a grand up-do, this week it was a French Pleat.  During the Victorian Era, hairstyles that created large, royal looking silhouettes were very popular. 

Creating a French Pleat:

Products Used:

Paddle Brush

Pintail Comb

Bobby Pins

Geisha Pins

Sectioning Clips

Curling Tongs

Padding

Dry Shampoo

Hairspray

1. To start, run some dry shampoo throughout your models hair in sections, making sure the whole head has been covered.  This will not only make the hair a little cleaner, but it will also give the hair extra texture, which helps when creating a big shape.
2. Create a side or middle parting (side parting were most popular during the Victorian Era), and section the front of the hair forwards, from behind the ears.  Clip these bits of the hair out of the way for the time being. 
3. Starting from the top of the head, backcomb from the root for lift, then tong the hair, starting from the ends of the hair and curling backwards to create direction.  This will create even more root lift and shape. 
4. Pin your curls with small sectioning clips to set them in place. 
5. Carry out this process to the sections underneath. 
6. Moving onto the sides of the hair, still working at the back of the head, tong these sections backwards also, but holding the tongs vertically, again set these sections.
7. Once you have tonged and set all of the hair, take out the section clips and brush over the top layer of the hair very lightly.
8. Pull all the hair to one side of the head, leaving the first one or two girls you created at the top of the head, and cross grip the hair using bobby pins all the way up the middle of the head.
9. With the excess hair, pull to the other side and twist around your hand, pin the twist securely with geisha pins into the pins already going up the middle of the head. 
10. Take the curls at the top of the head, and twist these to create a roll also, pin these in so they blend in with the roll at the back of the head.
11. As for the two side sections at the front of the head, backcomb and tong backwards, holding the tongs vertically again. 
12. Bring these two sections back and pin them, blending into the overall shape.
13. Finish the style of with some hairspray to secure any loose hairs.