French Royalty: Louis XVII--Hair Styles


Figure 1.--Like his clothing, almost always a skeleton suit, the available images show considerable consistaency concerning the Dauphene's hair style. Louis-Charles is usually depicted with long uncurled hair.

Like his clothing, the available images show considerable consistaency concerning the Dauphne's hair style. Louis-Charles is usually depicted with long uncurled hair. One image shows him wearing bangs, but this is realtively unusual. Most other images show him wearing bangs and long uncurled hair. His older brother who died in 1789 is also usually shown with long hair, perhaps often shown with slightly shorter and straigter. From other available late 18th century images, this appears to have been a common style. After the tirn of the 19th century, boys began wearing shorter hair styles.






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Created: April 23, 2003
Last updated: April 23, 2003