All this talk online of the American Duchess shoes got me thinking — I should just get some Fugawees for Leonard! Because he deserves it 😉 Ok, well, I want it, and leather shoes are more correct than silk for a man, even a super-fop like Leonard (though according to his autobiography, he was *quite*
I have a wild hair (hah!) to play Leonard Autie, hairdresser to Marie Antoinette, at the GBACG’s Petit Trianon event in July. Sarah will be the queen, Kendra will be Poliganc, and a bunch of our friends will be the rest of the court. When casting about for characters, I first thot Rose Bertin, but
This is the presentation to accompany the lecture I gave at Costume College 2009. The topic was the “macaroni” subculture in 18th-century England, particularly as shown in satirical caricatures of the period. Call It Macaroni: The 18th-Century Fop – Costume College 2009 class PDF In addition to numerous prints found online via the British Museum,