11/09/2026
DIZZY HAIR HEIGHTS
In 1775, Queen Maria Theresa of Austria-Hungary wrote to her daughter Marie-Antoinette,
“Likewise I cannot help but touch upon a point that many of the papers repeat to me too often: it is the hairstyle that you wear. They say that from the roots it measures 36 pouces [thumbs] high and with all the feathers and ribbons that hold all of that up!
You know that I have always been of the opinion that one should follow fashion moderately, but never carry it to excess. A pretty young queen full of charms has no need of all these follies. Quite the contrary. A simple hairstyle suits her better and is more appropriate for a queen. She must set the tone, and everyone will hurry to follow even your smallest errors…”
Marie-Antoinette responded,
“It is true that I am a bit occupied by my hairstyle, and as for the feathers, everyone wears them, and it would look extraordinarily out of place not to."
Source: Hosford, Desmond. “The Queen’s Hair: Marie-Antoinette, Politics, and DNA.” Eighteenth-Century Studies 38(1) 2004: 183-200.
Chichi definitely has the height! Photo taken Victoria and Albert Museum 's Marie Antoinette exhibition.
18th century ladies hairstyles - Marie Antoinette hair - baroque hairstyle
