Costume College is fast approaching, and while I think I've burnt out on trying to get everything done, I *did* fully finish the 1790s Chintz gown.
When I started this blog several years ago, my focus was on 1790s, but despite starting there, I have not made very many 1790s things since. I do love this period, with all the crazy stuff happening with fashion in France particularly, and I'm excited to be sporting a new '90s dress in a couple weeks.
But now...to the hair...
The 1790s was a decade of flux. We see fully powdered hedgehog coifs next to loose, natural, and almost straggly Merveilleuse styles. I love them all, but for the first wearing the the Chintz gown, I want to try something more loose and wild, something like these...
I have a red silk beret hat thing to cover the back of my head, and the plan is to curl up the front of my hair and maybe add some long pieces dangling out here and there. Jen over at Festive Attyre has an awesome video for the style the Comtesse Golovin is rockin', above, to help sort this craziness out:
Jen has a lot more hair than me to begin with, but that's what Sally Beauty Supply is for, right? :-)
When I started this blog several years ago, my focus was on 1790s, but despite starting there, I have not made very many 1790s things since. I do love this period, with all the crazy stuff happening with fashion in France particularly, and I'm excited to be sporting a new '90s dress in a couple weeks.
But now...to the hair...
The 1790s was a decade of flux. We see fully powdered hedgehog coifs next to loose, natural, and almost straggly Merveilleuse styles. I love them all, but for the first wearing the the Chintz gown, I want to try something more loose and wild, something like these...
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| Princess Anna Gagarina (1777-1805) by Jean-Louis Voille |
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| Mme JL Germain by Marie-Gabrielle Capet (French artist, 1761-1818) |
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| Self Portrait, Louise Elisabeth Vigee Le Brun (1755-1842) painted 1790 |
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| Marie-Victoire Jobbe, wife of the architect JF Heurtrier, c. 1790 |
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| Comtesse Golovin by Louise Elisabeth Vigee Le Brun, 1797 |
Jen has a lot more hair than me to begin with, but that's what Sally Beauty Supply is for, right? :-)
