"I hear nothing but balls and high heads-so enormous that nobody can sit upright in their coaches, but stoop forward as if they had got the children's collick."
Mrs. Delany, 1775. Autobiography And Correspondence Of Mary Granville - Vol 1
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Goodness... they must have had a horrid neck ache at the end of the day!
ReplyDeleteToo bad it's not still acceptable to wear rose crowns and divine dresses like that. Love everything about this picture :) Paris in Pink
ReplyDeleteAnd just imagine how bad it all smelled: you used grease to get it all in place, and of course you left it that way as long as possible because it was so much work (read: you didn't wash it too often).
ReplyDeleteYuck!
Perhaps better to be a milkmaid? I loved the scene in Marie Antoinette where she laughs with delight at her huge, tipping wig. Katherine Louise
ReplyDeleteIck yes, for smell we would need some serious pomades! But neck aches can be helped with lots of pillows to prop it against! :o) At least she looks fashionable!
ReplyDeletewhat does she mean she "hears nothing of high heads"?
ReplyDelete@Amirak101 I think she meant all everyone was talking about were the balls to attend and women wearing their hair ridiculously high, ah the eighteenth century! :o)
ReplyDeleteIt's so 18th century, so marie antoinettish!
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