Marie Antionette wig how to make

I wanted to share wig making with you -
possibly a helpful note for doll ADO mini monthly challenge in June 2010
- Marie Antionette

Here is an image showing the steps as how to accomplish the 1770's hair style on a wig.

Wig link

Have you read the book

"What Marie-Antoinete Wore To The Revolution"

VERY interesting to anyone intrigued with her life, dresses, hair, etc.

There's an entire section about Rose Bertin & Leonard and how they used to construct her lucious "Pouffs" out of wire, layered with ribbon & horse hair & the wearer's hair, etc to reach the heights that were desired.

They would be so extraordinary that they would have compelte scenes made into them
(a pasture with a babbling brook, or a tree with birds singing - and MA's famous ship inspired Pouff!)
The ladies couldn's sleep with them
(had to sleep sitting up with large, cone-shaped coverings on them)
- often bugs, and small vermon nested in them
(which is why they had "elegant" head scratchers to scratch their heads),
often their Pouffs were so high they had to lie down in their carriages to protect them against the roof.
Once MA began spending more time at Petit Trianon although she began dressing more simply (gausse dresses, etc.)
The Pouff remained - HOWEVER, all visitors to that residence had to wear appropriate Pouffs which featured vegatables, fruit, flowers
- things that were "simple", to reflect her "Little Village".

By Amelia-marie

Happy creating :-) Trace x