Check out some of the new styles of hats that hit the French runways in 1776! Which is your favorite?
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Springtime Hats: Pastels, Pastels, Pastels!
Check out some of the new styles of hats that hit the French runways in 1776! Which is your favorite?
An ode to Marie Antoinette
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| Winter, 2011 at Verailles. Photograph by Ladee. |
I came across this Christmas tree that is called "An Ode to Marie Antoinette". The tree is one featured at The Fall River Historical Society in Massachusetts, and can be seen covered in beads, feathers, satin ribbons and pearly ornaments.
Out of the Salon: Conferencing and such
I will be out of town and more importantly away from my trusted computer for the rest of the week! I am sure I will miss a lot of the happenings in blog land so, bear with! I will do my best to keep up to date on ye olde Twitter, so you can always reach me there!
So a few things before I head out:
Last week we had a poll "Why do you love 18th century France?" and the results are in!
The art | 37 (39%) |
The fashion | 68 (73%) |
The political scene | 20 (21%) |
The music | 30 (32%) |
The theatre | 21 (22%) |
The royal court | 43 (46%) |
The architecture | 39 (41%) |
The scandals! | 33 (35%) |
Clearly we are a very fashionable crowd with extensive knowledge of the historical royal court and its colorful inhabitants with an appreciation for architecture and art!
I started to read The Scarlet Pimpernel avec Heather, and I just love it. In fact, it has been the source of my lack of sleep lately! I stay up and say 'just one more chapter' and then of course regret my foolish choice the next morning- but when a book is that good, how can you complain! If anyone else wants to read along I suggest it! We can all discuss SP & the characters within!Ok, off to bed! *tosses book across the room*
Bloggiversary Giveaway Results!
Thank you all for entering the Bloggiversary giveaway! I used http://www.random.org/ to generate four names from the comment entries!
The winners of the Punch Studio keepsake boxes are:ajroyston
amy
Isara
The winner of the Le salon de musique de Marie-Antoinette (audio CD) is:Rod McCaslin
Congratulations! Please contact me at marieantoinettegossip -at- gmail.com with your mailing details. Please contact me by May 21, after that date I will select another entry for the item.
For those of you who just can't stand it and must have the album now, you can download the tracks as MP3's on Amazon
or purchase the audio CD
.I asked all that entered to let us know what your favorite thing about the 18th century was, and here are our results and a handful of comments!
38% Fashion The fashion and the color palette!-amy
[Stops to raise water as have no champagne in office.]...I love the robe a la polonaise!-Tulip
Fashion is more than clothing, it's art.-Mariko
Intricate embroidery on beautiful brocade is just heavenly. And the slippers! Sigh.-Laura Ingalls Gunn
I was going to say my favorite thing about the 18th century are the beautiful shoes!-Diane
13% Music
Music experimented a revolution with master minds such as Mozart, Beethoven and Paganini.-Miss Honnête
the music! It is my favorite thing from the 18th century which I can still really enjoy fully.-MmeHistoire
13% Life styles of the rich and famous
I love studying the rituals. I'm glad I don't have to know them all, but I'm fascinated by the rules of court.-Isara
For me it has to be the parties. What a sight they must have been!!! -Lily
For me it would have to be the beautiful and enigmatic Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire...-TammieMagee
I love the culture - the dances and the rules.-Joey
Being dainty and fashionable and living in such grand estates! -Dolly
12% Art
Versailles is my favorite "thing"-Anabel
Palaces like Sanssouci and the Peterhof amaze me.-Timeeka
I enjoy looking at peoples portraits and every time I learn about someone I haven’t heard of before or take an interest in someone’s life...-Marquis Jacques
I really adore the inspiration this era gives me for decorating my boudoir.-Cathy
12% Enlightenment
*Sheaths cutlass, plants fists on hips* I love Revolutions. Technology, philosophy, politics...-Pauline
My favorite thing about the 18th century is fascinating in its mix of the changing mentalite of modern thought and the continuing medieval worldview held by the majority of people-Rod McCaslin
8% Hair stylesHonestly, I love the hair of the 18th century the most. Some incredibly styles came out of that century! -L Öst
And with that came the pouf that we all love.-Aleks
5% Literature
The most amazing literature... Not just Austen, Fielding, Radcliffe, Defoe &c... but some of the NAUGHTIEST and most SCANDALOUS stuff I have ever laid my eyes on! For Marie Antoinette fans: try 'Le Godmiche Royal.' Saucy stuff. -Emily
The Language of Fashion
The Fashion Poll votes are all in and accounted for. The entire time I was shocked at how close each gown was in number of votes...there was never a difference over eight!Total Votes = 84
Robe à l'anglaise 40 (47%)
*Robe à la française 44 (52%)*
Looks like the tradition french court gown is only slightly more preferred than the practical English styled gown. Seems clear that we love both equally!
While on the subject of fashion, I wanted to share a description of a gown Mademoiselle Duthé wore one evening to the Opera in Paris, mind you she was always to be seen in remarkable fashion as she could afford it and didn't mind showing it off:
“...wearing a dress of withheld sighs (split with an underskirt), adorned with superfluous regrets (a gathered looped band of material), with, in the middle, some perfect naivety (knots of lace); it was garnished with indiscreet complaints (appliqué silk flowers) and ribbons of marked attention (wide bows); her shoes were hair-of the-Queen color (ash blonde), embroidered with diamonds in perfidious attack (a ray-like design) with the come-hithers (embroidery on the back of the heels) in emeralds."
Now isn't that a lovely vision? I happen to have a pair of shoes that have the come-hithers in silk (well maybe in cotton)! Can you imagine reading the fashion blogs of the 18th century?!
*I included the above picture to demonstrate emeralds in perfidious attack
Poll: Tea and Evening Garden Party
Who would you most want to have tea with and later attend an evening garden party???Emma Hamilton 2%
Lady Bess Foster 2%
Madame du Barry 19%
Madame Vigee-Le Brun 21%
Duchesse de Polignac 21%
Georgiana D of D 28%
Marie Antoinette 71%
Georgiana D of D 28%
Marie Antoinette 71%
Répondez, s'il vous plaît
Gentle readers,
If you would kindly take a look to the right you will find a new poll. Heather and I are interested in what you are interested in! So take a moment to let us know what topics of conversation you find most attractive, and what you would like to read/see more of! If you have any specific requests or a question on a topic please don't hesitate to let us know, send an email to Heather or I - we are always interested in the fun gossip our readers have to share!
If you would kindly take a look to the right you will find a new poll. Heather and I are interested in what you are interested in! So take a moment to let us know what topics of conversation you find most attractive, and what you would like to read/see more of! If you have any specific requests or a question on a topic please don't hesitate to let us know, send an email to Heather or I - we are always interested in the fun gossip our readers have to share!
Sincerely
Lauren and Heather
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