Mary Stuart
(ˈmɛərɪ ˈstjuːət)
Also Marie Stuart.
The name of Mary, Queen of Scots (1542–87), used attrib. and ellipt. to designate styles of clothes, hair, etc., similar to those she wore, spec. headwear with a central dip or peak over the forehead.
| 1852 E. Ruskin Let. 26 Jan. in M. Lutyens Effie in Venice (1965) ii. 254 A coiffure I have made for myself... It is a piece of scarlet velvet with a fringe of large and small pearls all round; a point à la Marie Stuart comes in front. 1873 Young Englishwoman Mar. 130/1 A Marie Stuart bonnet of rice straw lined with blue silk. 1880 in American Mail Order Fashions (1961) 18 The Mary Stuart. Jetted lace bonnet..$6.50. a 1913 F. Rolfe Desire & Pursuit of Whole (1934) x. 93 The kind of female liable to wear Mary Stuart caps by night. 1965 Listener 20 May 743/3 Then came the Mary Stuart cap, worn both with and without a veil. 1965 J. Laver Contini's Fashion 231/1 The return of the Royal family to Paris brought the first signs of romanticism... Then the first Mary Stuart belts appeared, which tended to lower the waist. 1966 J. S. Cox Illustr. Dict. Hairdressing 96/1 Marie Stuart Coiffure, (1) a coiffure similar to that worn by Mary, Queen of Scots..; (2) a woman's hair style of circa 1865 based on that worn by Mary Queen of Scots. |