French Coiffures 18th century. Various Rococo headdresses and hairstyles; from the books of the time.
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post #9 Saturday, March 28th, 2015 As you may have noticed in my heading picture, I'm wearing a bow and flowers at the center of my gown. This is known as a breastknot. I have seen reference to these....but I can't recall where at the moment. If you google "breastknot"....you're in for some shocking...and informative....images and descriptions. NOT the ones I am talking about!! Simply put, in the 18th and 19th century, breastknots were worn to add color and decoration to an outfit. They…
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The queen's marriage got a revealing start - perhaps signaling worse to come. What caused the diamond-studded wardrobe malfunction on the dauphine's big day?
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A reproduction of one of Marie-Antoinette's gowns from an Italian display a couple years ago .
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Marie-Antoinette by Heinrich Lossow Above is a young Marie-Antoinette getting ready for a night on the town. It looks like Mercy, the A...
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Found this wonderful drawing of over a dozen different 18th century hairstyles. It includes many that might have been warn by Georgina, Duchess of Devonshire. You must click to see the up-do with t…
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Rose Bertin . Rose Bertin was born Marie-Jeanne Bertin (1747-1813) in Abbeville, a textile town in France. Her family was not wealthy and so she was apprenticed to a marchande de modes (fashion mer…
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Maybe lacquer, not diamonds, was an 18th-century queen’s best friend.
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