Milady’s hairdress reached even more preposterous extremes in the many tiered and bejewelled “fontanges” of Louis XIV’s court (an exaggeration he disapproved in vain) about 1700. After a period of some moderation the style reappeared in the yard high “heads” dictated to fashion by Marie Antoinette before she lost hers. 

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