Small Town Stylist

Morbid Hair History of Marie Antoinette's wigs


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They say higher the hair, closer to God... but for Marie Antoinette it was closer to the guillotine.

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Sources:

https://lisawallerrogers.com/2018/10/29/marie-antoinette-queen-of-the-pouf/

https://www.thecollector.com/marie-antoinette-death/

https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/en/2023/02/the-power-and-pomp-of-the-wig/

http://www.thefashionhistorian.com/2014/12/coiffure-la-fill-in-blank.html

https://www.worldhistory.org/article/2099/trial-and-execution-of-marie-antoinette/




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Small Town StylistBy Casey Taylor