Hijab Styling - Playing Around with Styles

I had a very early morning yesterday (Sunday). I was booked in for a bridal party's hijab styling.

My God! I'm sure those of you who work on a Sunday will understand my pain. A Sunday! Early morning! Work! Even the thought of it makes me tired. :)))

Anyhow. All the girls were soooo beautiful mashaallah, they didn't really need any work done one them. LOL And the bride! Mashaallah! She has that perfect bride face; small... cute features... Her hijab turned out gorgeous. I loved her dress, and make-up... the whole package! Hmmm I didn't have my camera with me, so a friend who is the bride's relative promised to take photos for me. So we will see, if she managed to do so, you can see too! :)

Well, since I had my styling materials and tools out, I thought I would play around a little. As I've mentioned in previous posts, I'm not erally a fan of the frills that give the bird nest look. :) If I use it for a bride, I only use it to give volume to the veil, and in a way that it will not show much --- of course the bride's wishes come first, if they insist, I will do it.

When I was playing around on my mannequin today, I wanted to play around with draping and more of the sultan look (inspiration: Ottoman era). Turks these days would call it an 'Arab' look. LOL People these days! :))))

I personally believe draping looks more elegant, but then again everyone has different taste, and the style of the dress is a very important factor when deciding on the headpiece (hijab style). Not all styles look good with every dress.

Hmm, I did too much chitter chatter again :)

I should add though that this is incomplete. If I had it ready, I would use lace pieces that are beaded (same as dress or similar) and sew them around the side and top of head, within the pleats. I could use both types of veils -- the one tier long veil or shorter multiple tier veil. This really depends on the dress. Also, if I were to use beaded lace around the head, I would opt for a plain and short multiple tier veil. If I left it as it is, a long one tier veil with beading/crystals around the border would complete this style.

Oh, this style actually looks really gorgeous and different without the draped piece around the face. I added that, because I wanted to show that it's possible to cover the chest and neck and make it look good at the same time. Just an alternative...

So, anybody likey? Your thoughts?

xoxo