Request for the ULTIMATE long open hairstyle (or two)

MotherOfMoss

Greetings from a fashion fancier and long hair lover.

Much as I appreciate the depth and breadth of customisation options already available in the game, I feel like the perfect hairdo is still missing (and there are several that come infuriatingly close, yet still miss the mark!). Furthermore, the lack of long styles for male characters is sad, even if my chararacters are mostly female – long locks belong to the boys too!

So it would be lovely to get just one more great-looking long, open style... or maybe two: one dressy, and possibly an additional one that is more casual.

Below, then, is my personal critique of the existing long styles and why they are not it. (Excluded styles which are simply too short, dreads/braids/ponytails/buns/updos/etc.)

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"Barbaric windblown hair": very nearly there.
This is a very nice style in the casual department. Has length and especially volume, and boys can wear it too. The only problem is that it conceals the ears, along with any ear adornments, and those special pointy ears that bretons may have. It's also not dressy. It is, however, the designated style of my snow elf prince, so that's saying something.

"Coil with long fall": very nearly there.
This style has a lot going for it: both boys and girls can wear it, it shows those precious elf ear tips even on bretons, and as the name says, it has a lovely long fall. It's also sufficiently dressy for my tastes. However, the tight fit around the head is less than natural. This could be the perfect do if it just had some air around the roots!

"Dominion war-locks": almost there.
I love the idea of this style, with the detail at the back of the head. Gender-agnostic and full pointy ears support. The hairline and fit around the head are also pretty naturally shaped. However, it's not SUPER long... and it has a SUPER tall forehead. I want to love it, but it doesn't work on most faces, and it doesn't fully satisfy my long hair urges.

"Draping locks": OMG YES, but actually no.
This style was a very welcome addition, and around the face it looks really nice and actual hair-like. Ear-approved and gender-neutral! It's not dressy, but I might go casual for such a nice long look... except you mostly see your character from behind, and that's where this style stops working. Not only is it choppy-looking at the back, it's also oddly shorter at the back than the front.

"Left-parted cropped": It's okay.
This is a pretty okay-looking head of hair. It's got length and it falls naturally enough. But boys can't wear it, and it doesn't show the ears, and it's not a do. It's just hair. Nothing wrong with that, but not what I'm looking for, either.

"Long curly crown braid": Why is it so short
This is nice hair. "The crown" part is a bit unnatural at the front but so what, it's altogether pretty decent. The curly action provides lift, the hairline is okay, full ear exposure, dressy look. And that's where it ends literally, the hair just ends. If only the fall were twice longer and fuller, this hair and I would be best friends. Apart from my snow elf prince, because him being a boy, he couldn't wear it even if he wanted to.

"Pulled back curl cluster": This hair is really nice even if it is short. But yeah, it's short :shrug:
I left out every other style that I think is just too short, but wanted to include this one because it's such a nice hairstyle, despite being short. If we only could have this style but with a long and full fall... oooooh, that would be the hair to end all hair!

"Topknow cascade": I think it was designed for boys and that's cool!
This hair is handsome. It shows the ears and agrees to work with boys and girls both. However, it's choppy/clippy at the back, not ultra long, and has a really aggressively square hairline. It was probably made that way on purpose to be masculine even though it's long and dressy. No problem with that, but sadly it doesn't solve my problem.

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If you read this far you must love hair. I know I do!

LunaFlora

i want Shrike hair as a hairstyle!



currently my favourite long hairstyles are Azure Ombre/Draping Locks and White River Braids/Color Streaked River Braid.

MotherOfMoss

Oh yeah that would be some serious hair! Particularly if we got it with the headdress. Might be hard with a lot of outfits though, unless they somehow managed to make it clip-proof, but one can hope

AlienSlof

+100!

So want this - for my guys!

wilykcat

I want super long braids like jinx's hair from league of legends and super long ponytails. I also want more spiky and curly hairstyles too.

ellmarie

I would like a longer version of the sidelong sweep. Love the shaved side but want a longer other side.

emilyhyoyeon

Yes to more long hairstyles (and hairstyles in general). Good analysis of the current ones in the OP.

I want to add that all new hairstyles would preferably work on khajiit and argonians as well. Regarding argonians specifically, please don't be afraid of them being very feather-based, like the argonian version of white river braids.

Non-feather argonian hairstyles are cool too, but I think the game's in need of more feather ones, especially without ''bald spots.''

For ex: the short, side parted hairstyle (not sure on the english name) in the Akaviri crates that just returned



is feathers on the brow but the rest of the head is bald, despite the khajiit, mer, and human version being a full head of short hair. Alternatively, it could've looked similar to the white river braids, so without the long feathers and the short feathers being a bit shorter:

SilverBride

I'd love to have more long hair styles, preferably with some type of bangs or face framing.

Mavloc

Need more hairstyles for redguard/afro

spartaxoxo

We need more black hairstyles

We also need some more long hairstyles

We need more asymmetrical hairstyles

We need some better curls

We just need more hair

ArchangelIsraphel

I've always wished for a hairstyle that had the front part of the Dominion war-locks that falls across the face, but with a long pony tail in the back or the hair down long and falling across the shoulders/down the back. Preferably both so that my Templar can wear his hair up or down.

I make due with the heroic poet and the long braided hair style, but would love something like this.

(Also I'd love it if ZOS would pay more attention to the way the lightest blond/white shade of hair on high elves turns out on any new hair style textures that get released- it's been showing as a muddy gray on new styles when it should be a pale, creamy white color)

Jaimeh

spartaxoxo wrote: »

We need some better curls

Yes! I've been asking for curly hair for years... There's a hairstyle in one of the screenshot artworks for Murkmire that would be great to have in game:

SilverBride

I wonder if really long hair would clip too much. I'd like to see it though.

TaSheen

Almost any "long" hair already clips atrociously. Anything longer would be.... awful. The clipping in this game is just.... horrible.