Contents
Title Page
Copyright Notice
Dedication
Introduction
Why We Wrote This Book
How to Use This Book
Historic Stitches and How to Sew Them
Running Stitch
Backstitch
Running Backstitch
Prick Stitch
Hem Stitch with Basting
Narrow Hem
Edge Stitch / Edge Hem Stitch
Milliner’s Figure 8 Stitch
Blanket Stitch
Applique Stitch
Whipstitch
Whip Gather
Stroked Gathers
The English Stitch
Mantua Maker’s Seam
Hair Textures and Types
Part 1: Preparing Your Toilette
What the Heck Is Pomatum?
Common Pomatum Recipe
Hard Pomatum Recipe
Mareschal Pomatum Recipe
Hair Powder—The Original Dry Shampoo
White Hair Powder
Mareschal Powder Recipe
Papillote Papers
Peignoir
How to Pomade and Powder Your Hair
Wigs, Hairpieces and Women 39
Extensions—Chignon
Extensions—Toupee
Extensions—Buckles
De-Clowning Eighteenth-Century Makeup
Liquid Rouge
Red Lip Salve
Part 2: Up, Up and Away!
1750s–1770 Coiffure Française
Coiffure Française Hairstyle
Coëffure de Dentelles Cap
Make-Your-Own Lace Lappets
1765–1772 Coiffure Banane
Banana Hair Cushion
Coiffure Banane Hairstyle
“Proto-Pouf”
Trimmed Bergere Straw Hat
1772–1775 Coiffure Beignet
Giant Donut Hair Cushion
Coiffure Beignet Hairstyle
French Night Cap
1770s Calash Bonnet
1776–1779 Coiffure Ski Alpin
Ski Slope Hair Cushion
Coiffure Ski Alpin Hairstyle
1770s Pouf
Ostri-rageous DIY Plumes
Early 1780s Coiffure Chenille
“Grub” Hair Cushion
Coiffure Chenille Hairstyle
Toque
1780s Therese
Part 3: Let’s Get Frizzical, Frizzical!
Which Frizz Is Right for You?
1780–1783 Coiffure Friseur
A Word on African Hair in Eighteenth-Century Europe and the Colonies
Crape Expectations: How to Crape Your Hair
Spearhead Hair Cushion
Coiffure Friseur Hairstyle
“Bonnet à la Jeannot” Cap
1780s Black Silk Bonnet
1785–1790 Coiffure Américaine Duchesse
Tootsie Roller Hair Cushion
Coiffure Américaine Duchesse Hairstyle
“Bonnet à la Méduse” Cap
4-Loop Bows
A Refashioned 1780s Gainsborough Hat
5-Loop Bows
1790–1794 Coiffure Révolution
How to Papillote Curl Your Hair
Early 1790s Coiffure Révolution Hairstyle
1790s Chiffonet
Epilogue
Post 1795 … The End of Hair Powder
How to Get All This Stuff Out of Your Hair
Endnotes
Art Works Cited
Bibliography
Supplier List
Models
Biographies
Acknowledgments
Index