I would stop with the long thin strips, go for more square poly/even distribution. think about the silhouette and try to be minimal in capturing the look. think about the wasted loops where nothing is defined adding extra lengthways loops
yeah, it's a bezier ease control (it's actually a "double" bezier to give it more of a kick ;) ), same as the one at the top (which is an overall control where as the bottom one is a per stop variant).