I'm graduating next week. Formal occasions aren't usually my thing, but I've worked really hard for this degree so I've decided to go. I have a nice black dress from Vivien of Holloway, which I'll be wearing with flat shoes. The trouble is that I have no idea what to do with my hair. It's waist length, straight, and on the thin/fine side - I lost a lot of hair some time ago ago because of health issues and while it's much better than it was and people have told me they can't tell, I'm still conscious about the potential for scalp showing in a certain spot/having a slightly wider than normal parting.
Usually I put it up in a bun, or with claw clips, arranging it so that some of the length is on the top of my head to give a bit of an illusion of volume, but none of my usual styles will work with a graduation cap. My options are putting it all in a very low bun, which will be fine until I take the cap off, and then will look awful as from the front my hair will just look utterly flat/stuck to my head. My graduation is in the morning and I have to give the academic dress back afterwards, then I'll be going out to celebrate with family.
Or I can leave my hair down. I've had a recent trim and it looks very nice just after brushing, and isn't split/damaged, but I'm worried that if there's moderate/heavy wind it'll start tangling, clumping or looking stringy, and I don't want to spend the whole day fussing with a hairbrush.
I'm not interested in cutting it shorter, and I can't braid it (disability issue) so with that in mind, which option would you pick? Or do you have any other suggestions? I'm aware that this is a very trivial issue, but I virtually never attend occasions where I have to 'dress up' so don't have much experience!