Because "The Princess" takes place in a made-up world, the creative team weren't limited by the constraints of a traditional period piece. Rather, they took inspiration from a variety of cultures, one of which being director Kiet's native Vietnam. Armstrong says the hair designs for The Princess's mentor, Linh (played by Veronica Ngo), and Linh's uncle Khai (Kristofer Kamiyasu) were dreamed up after researching Asian history.
"For Kristofer's hair, I looked at a lot of sumo wrestlers and the way they did their hair in that time," she says. "That's where I came up with that idea of the lovely knot on the top of his head. That's all his own hair. In the wedding scene, I actually made a little knot piece to put on top of his own hair as well."
She continues: "With Veronica, I decided to make her slightly colorful. So she had a hair piece in as well because she's got quite a lot of hair, but it's very fine hair. And then I made loads of braids with different colors in them. We made her makeup quite simple but just beautiful. It was all about all these different colors in her hair and the way she tied it."
