In a message dated 1/18/2006 11:48:35 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Oooh, fun images! In the hunting costumes the ladies wear their hair in the rugged and manly long flowing curls. Has anyone ever seen this hairstyle worn with feminine style dress for this time period? ***************** In the particular example of this Hunting Costume, it definitely has a man's look. I've never seen hair worn down quite like that with the usual female dress. Never with a Mantua. You do get a sorta modification of the "cocker spaniel" look popular previously, usually coupled with the more conservative off the shoulder, boned bodice gowns still being worn for more formal occasions in the late 1600s. I once saw a painting of 3 ladies in waiting dressed as muses. All had the off the shoulder boned look with very horizontal hair dos with long loose curls, coming from the nape of the neck on 2 of the ladies and from the ends! of the horizontal main do on one..... a very strange [and wonderful] do. But again, a costume look. A 17th century interp of ancient Greece. _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
