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Modernized Bridal Headdresses
Two months ago, while examining my father's coin collection, I noticed that there was a woman's head over 50 cents. The headdress that the woman wore caught my attention and I did a research. This woman is Sabiha Tansuğ. A photograph of Tansuğ with the "Ankara Bride Headdress" was printed on 50 cents and Sabiha Tansuğ went down in history as the first folk artist in the world whose portrait was minted for coins. Women's bridal headdresses were brought to Anatolia in the 9th and 11th centuries by nomads who migrated from Central Asia. It is stated in various sources that Uyghur women make very different and flamboyant head layouts, wear patent leather-lacquered shoes (boğtak) and attach importance to jewelry. Boğtak headdress shows similarities with high headdresses seen in Anatolia. Uyghur women make their hair bun and decorate it with a crown. In addition to the short caps, in the Boğtak headdress with a forward slope, the top of which is wider, the cover that is covered from the top goes down to the waist in the back. These headdresses, which are decorated with precious stones, also have some feathers attached to
them. In the sorch frescoes, it can be seen how much importance women give to hair toilet. The female foundations with hair curled in hard curls and shaped like a butterfly have a short top on their head. High bulge headdresses seen in Uyghurs were used by married women in Mongols. Based on this idea, I wanted to design modernized bridal headpieces.
Art Portfolio
Modernized Bridal Headdresses
Two months ago, while examining my father's coin collection, I noticed that there was a woman's head over 50 cents. The headdress that the woman wore caught my attention and I did a research. This woman is Sabiha Tansuğ. A photograph of Tansuğ with the "Ankara Bride Headdress" was printed on 50 cents and Sabiha Tansuğ went down in history as the first folk artist in the world whose portrait was minted for coins. Women's bridal headdresses were brought to Anatolia in the 9th and 11th centuries by nomads who migrated from Central Asia. It is stated in various sources that Uyghur women make very different and flamboyant head layouts, wear patent leather-lacquered shoes (boğtak) and attach importance to jewelry. Boğtak headdress shows similarities with high headdresses seen in Anatolia. Uyghur women make their hair bun and decorate it with a crown. In addition to the short caps, in the Boğtak headdress with a forward slope, the top of which is wider, the cover that is covered from the top goes down to the waist in the back. These headdresses, which are decorated with precious stones, also have some feathers attached to
them. In the sorch frescoes, it can be seen how much importance women give to hair toilet. The female foundations with hair curled in hard curls and shaped like a butterfly have a short top on their head. High bulge headdresses seen in Uyghurs were used by married women in Mongols. Based on this idea, I wanted to design modernized bridal headpieces.