Fontange
Fontange is a type of hairstyle that was popular in France a very long time ago, before you were even born! It was named after a lady named Madame de Fontanges, who wore this hairstyle and made it famous.
The fontange hairstyle was quite fancy and elaborate, and it involved making your hair into a big poufy tower on top of your head, called a "commode" (pronounced "ko-mohd"). To make sure the tower of hair stood up straight, little wires or sticks called "bouches" were used to keep it in place. It was sort of like building a tall tower out of blocks, but instead you built it with your own hair!
To make the fontange look even fancier, ladies often added things like ribbons, feathers, flowers, and even little toy ships or animals to their hair. These decorations were called "fontange knots" or "nœuds à la fontange" in French.
The fontange hairstyle was very popular among the ladies of the French court, and it was a way for them to show off their wealth and status. However, it was also very uncomfortable and heavy to wear, and could take hours to style properly.
Today, you probably won't see many people wearing fontange hairstyles, but people still wear fancy hairstyles for special occasions like weddings or proms. And who knows, maybe someday the fontange might make a comeback!
The fontange hairstyle was quite fancy and elaborate, and it involved making your hair into a big poufy tower on top of your head, called a "commode" (pronounced "ko-mohd"). To make sure the tower of hair stood up straight, little wires or sticks called "bouches" were used to keep it in place. It was sort of like building a tall tower out of blocks, but instead you built it with your own hair!
To make the fontange look even fancier, ladies often added things like ribbons, feathers, flowers, and even little toy ships or animals to their hair. These decorations were called "fontange knots" or "nœuds à la fontange" in French.
The fontange hairstyle was very popular among the ladies of the French court, and it was a way for them to show off their wealth and status. However, it was also very uncomfortable and heavy to wear, and could take hours to style properly.
Today, you probably won't see many people wearing fontange hairstyles, but people still wear fancy hairstyles for special occasions like weddings or proms. And who knows, maybe someday the fontange might make a comeback!