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Word: coiffeurs (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...that festive day in 1770 when the Dauphin Louis Auguste, now King Louis XVI, married Archduchess Marie Antoinette, all ladies of fashion gained a new bellwether-but they also lost one. During the wedding celebrations, Monsieur Legros de Rumigny, the Parisian cook turned coiffeur nonpareil, was accidentally smothered to death in a brawling crowd. The famed 38 styles described in Legros's L'Art de la Coëffure des Dames Françoises had become de rigueur for all the best heads in Europe. But with the tastemaker gone, faddism has flourished-so much so that European...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Modern Living: Bag Wigs and Birds' Nests | 7/4/1976 | See Source »

This new twist to an old curl looks very little like its predecessor. Instead of tightening into frizzy ringlets, the hair strands fluff out in graceful waves or very floppy curls-what celebrated Coiffeur Vidal Sassoon calls a "marvelous, curly 'Greek boy' look." As another hairdresser puts it: "The difference between the old permanent and a careful unpermanent is the difference between your first dress and a Balenciaga...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Modern Living: New Curl in Town | 10/28/1974 | See Source »

...mollify the many elements within the Justicialist movement who had only reluctantly acquiesced in her nomination. At first they had rea son to regret their choice. In her initial campaign appearances, she often looked as if she had been laminated in plastic immediately after leaving her coiffeur...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The World: Isabelita: Per | 10/8/1973 | See Source »

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