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Robe à la française, ca 1780 France, KCI The mannequin displays a hairstyle that was often the subject of ridicule in contemporary fashion caricatures.  A similar hairstyle, possibly the one that inspired this stylist, was called the “Coiffure de l’indépendance ou Le triomphe de la liberté” (Hairstyle of Independence, or The Triumph of Freedom), which was worn by Marie-Antoinette to celebrate France’s first naval victory over Britain during the American Revolutionary War. The famous engraving showing the hairstyle:

Robe à la française, ca 1780 France, KCI

The mannequin displays a hairstyle that was often the subject of ridicule in contemporary fashion caricatures.  A similar hairstyle, possibly the one that inspired this stylist, was called the “Coiffure de l’indépendance ou Le triomphe de la liberté” (Hairstyle of Independence, or The Triumph of Freedom), which was worn by Marie-Antoinette to celebrate France’s first naval victory over Britain during the American Revolutionary War.

The famous engraving showing the hairstyle:

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    And to think everyone thought Princess Beatrice took it to the tops
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    I LIKE SO MUCH THIS HAIRSTYLE, DRESS ETC! EVERYTHING’S BEAUTIFUL! SEOIUEWRIOUWERIOUEWEIOUW
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    HAIRBOATS!!! Someone inform Gingerhaze!
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    ******* So Marie Antoinette had ships on...brain? I can relate. XD
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