We did not have People and Us and Entertainment Weekly. We did not have Twitter or Facebook. But we did have King Ludwig’s Wall. My uncle’s Schönheitengalerie was really the who’s who of 19th Century tabloid dish, with mistresses, royals and gorgeous tarts all peering out through coquettish smirks. Not that I wished to be [...]
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king ludwig’s facebook of tarts
Posted in Jane Digby, Lola Montez, tarts & harlots, Uncategorized, tagged florenzi, jane digby, Lola Montez, ludwig's gallery of beauties, tarts and harlots of bavaria on November 8, 1848 | 4 Comments »
apollo knots, exotic tarts and everything greek
Posted in Beauty, hair styles, Jane Digby, tarts & harlots on September 6, 1848 | Leave a Comment »
Like all proper duchesses, Mummi continued to slave over her hair until it started falling out. Fancy hair was of utmost importance in our castle and thereabouts. All of us girls had to spend hours with the ladies-in-waiting, with their pulling and oiling and poking in sphendones and wreaths and so forth. Of all the [...]
