#Creole in a Red Headdress

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Creole in a Red Headdress (c. 1840) by Jacques Guillaume Lucien Amans

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If George R. R. Martin ever wrote a short novel about Nettles📖

[ourstaturestouchtheskies]

Mademoiselle Suzanne Poirson – John Singer Sargent // Portrait of Marquise de Caumont La Force – François-Hubert Drouais // Portrait of a Woman – Albert Gräfle // Creole Woman in a Red Headdress – Jacques Amans // Flora Priestley (Lamplight Study) – John Singer Sargent // Portrait of a Young Woman – Jean-Baptiste Greuze // Portrait of Cornelia Vetterlein – Joseph Karl Stieler // Madame Bergeret – François Boucher // Portrait of Mademoiselle S’Nabou – Adolphe Yvon // Portrait of Anna Szaniawska – unknown artist // Marie Müller, The Artist's Sister – Leopold Carl Müller // Bertha Müller, the Artist’s Sister – Leopold Carl Müller // Is It Over Now? – Taylor Swift

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Jacques Amans - Creole in a red headdress (ca. 1840)

[jadeseadragon]

Jacques Guillaume Lucien Amans (French, 1801 - 1888), Creole in a Red Headdress, c. 1840, oil on canvas, 28¾ × 23⅝ inches; Historic New Orleans Collection.

[alisiarobinsontheeartist]

Digital sketch study of Jacques Guillaume Lucien Amans “Creole in Red Headdress” 1840 New Orleans

[sartorialadventure]

I had meant to do a post on historical poor and working-class fashions, but found the subject too difficult. Wonderfully for me, this series (A Stitch in Time) is covering some of the same issues I wanted to talk about, and in this episode, even the specific outfit I wanted to discuss!

This is Dido Elizabeth Belle, the subject of the movie Belle starring Gugu Mbatha-Raw, and her cousin, Elizabeth Murray. (As a side note, Dido’s uncle and guardian, the Earl of Mansfield, was a judge, and ruled in 1772 that slavery had no precedent in common law in England, and had never been authorised under positive law. This was popularly interpreted to mean that slavery was illegal in England, and it was widely believed after that time that any slave setting foot in the country would automatically become free.)

I was interested in the contrast between the clothing of the two women here: Dido’s outfit is very plain when compared to Elizabeth’s, and exoticized by sashes and a turban (which was popular among upper-class white women as part of the “Turkish” style, but was also common among black British servants). The episode above explains in more detail that Dido was raised as a gentlewoman, but that as an illegitimate child, there was a difference made between her and the rest of the family, and she held a liminal social position (not unlike a governess, who was neither a servant nor a part of the family).

One thing they don’t mention which I had turned up while researching is that the turban or similar headcoverings could be seen as a sign of one’s belonging to the black community. Slave women in the US often wore their hair up and wrapped in a kerchief: in fact, in some parts of the US south, they were required to do so by law.

The Tignon Laws of 1786 decreed that women of African descent, slave or free, should cover their hair and heads with a knotted headdress and refrain from "excessive attention to dress" to maintain class distinctions. Before that time, black women of Louisiana could vie with white women in beauty, dress and manners. In particular, women of African descent would often adorn their hair with colorful jewelry, beads and other accents, demonstrating an exotic appearance which attracted the attention of white male suitors. This perceived threat to white women's relationships with French and Spanish Creole men incurred the jealousy and anger of white women: thus, the Tignon Laws.

However, black women would not allow the law to keep them down. Historian Carolyn Long  notes, "Instead of being considered a badge of dishonor, the tignon…became a fashion statement. The bright reds, blues, and yellows of the scarves, and the imaginative wrapping techniques employed by their wearers, are said to have enhanced the beauty of the women of color." [source]  Women of color in Louisiana decorated their tignons with their jewels and ribbons, and used the finest available materials to wrap their hair: they reinterpreted the law without technically breaking it. 

^ A West Indian Flower Girl and Two other Free Women of Color, Agostino Brunias, circa 1769.

This excellent article points out,

Even when Louisiana stopped enforcing the laws in the early 1800s, free women of color continued wearing the tignon. It’s a testament to their resilience: The women of New Orleans refused to allow a piece of cloth to humiliate them, erase their status, or diminish their femininity. Instead, they reinterpreted the tignon as a symbol of empowerment. (And Black women in Louisiana weren’t the only women of color to use clothing to resist oppressive laws: In 1773, free women of color in Saint-Domingue were prohibited from wearing shoes, so they wore sandals, adorned their toes with diamonds and continued to do so after the laws were lifted.)

Clearly, while utilitarian, in that it protected one’s hair from the elements, a headwrap could be an expression of individualism, even for enslaved women. “Cassandra Stancil, enslaved in her youth, insisted that she never asked another woman how to tie her head-scarf. ‘I always figured I could do it,’ she said, ‘I could try and experiment and if not get that, get something that I liked.’ [source]

Black women in Africa had worn similar headwraps ever since trade brought European fabrics to Africa. (They are still worn today, such as the gele of West Africa.) Perhaps for these reasons, there are quite a number of images of women of color of all classes in English and French-speaking countries of the 18th and 19th centuries wearing turbans or tignons similar to Dido’s.

^  Unknown; previously attributed to Jeanne Etienne Liotard. Portrait of a Young Woman. France (c. 1750-1799)

^The famous Marie Laveau of Louisiana, 19th century

^Free Woman of Color, New Orleans, 1844 by Adolph Rinck

^William Kay. Seamstresses, St. Kitts (Carribean), 1798.

The headwrap has long been a symbol of pride, beauty, individualism, and community for women of Africa and the African diaspora.

[avid-author-activist]

All Hallows' Eve (Jasper- 3/4)

Stitch, stitch, stitch. Piper wished she had the same ease charming objects as she did people. At least the thread seemed to “like” her, though- well, more than it seemed to like Jason. At least sewing came easily to her, unlike poor Jason. The poor guy was trying, but at this rate they wouldn’t be done by next year. And Piper knew him well enough to sense frustration and boredom coming off him in waves, almost like static electricity; little shocks that had no purpose and hung in the air like thousands of tiny water droplets.  

“Why don’t I do it?” she asked, grabbing the needle from him. “You’re going to take someone’s eye out with that technique.”

“Yeah, okay.” Jason sighed and put his glasses back on. “The stupid string keeps falling out of the needle. I’ll clear all of this up.” They’d been hiding out in the arts and crafts lodge all month, slaving away over surprise costumes. Outside of the designers, only two people knew about it- Percy and Annabeth. The small secrets were the best ones. 

There was something beautiful about the chaos that was produced in the wake of art. It was something, Piper thought, about the colors of the rainbow scattered all over the floor. It was a feeling of constant life and use and belonging. 

“I remember cutting this. We nearly trimmed off too much.” 

“Mmm.” Piper was absorbed in her thoughts. With a force that could’ve lifted the sky, she halted her spinning thoughts. She glanced at the 3D modeling projector Jake Mason had lent them and picked up his MythStitch tool. “Let’s see what this thing does.”

“Ten bucks says it explodes.” Jason laughed. “Like last time.” 

“Nah, I trust Jake. Sorta.” 

Piper scanned the holograph of Hazel’s costume with the little needle-like tool. Input: number of stitches, thread color, and… “Go!” The line was straight, the design was right, and it was perfect.

“Good job, Pipes!” Jason offered her a high five. Piper responded enthusiastically. 

“Down low, too-”

“Grace!” Piper grabbed his wrist and finished the high five. “You’re so endearingly irritating.”

“I love you too, Piper.” 

Piper kissed him on the cheek, hoping actions could say what words could not. It was golden, all of this. The season of fall, where the sun lit the mountains of New York on fire, and Piper finally felt like the world was healing, even as it prepared for a long winter. The early mornings with Jason where the silver time before dawn ended and the sun came again in a brilliant aurora. This time of peace, where everything was going to be okay and all her battles were over at last. And also the stunning art- because to call it clothing would do it no justice- that lay before her. 

Africa was coming along well. Jason had researched the history of New Orleans and done his best to tie it back into African culture. Malcolm Pace from Athena and Piper’s half sister Lacy had designed a beautiful piece modeled off of old Mardi Gras costumes. Piper was determined to accept her legacy as a daughter of the beauty goddess for once and she was going to win that New Rome costume contest. 

A stunning headdress of gold was matched only by the deep emerald dress in brilliance. On the dress was embroidered scenes from all over Africa, all in gold. Scorching deserts, powerful monsoons, the history and culture. Piper was working on a depiction of Mount. Kilimanjaro, which was so intricate that no machine could possibly finish it. 

Jason picked up the other costumes. “Remember the look on Annabeth’s face when we showed her? Now imagine that on Hazel and Frank.”

Piper gave a little involuntary intake of breath. “I can’t wait.” 

                                                          ~

“Aphrodite, that took forever.” Piper threw down her needle and stretched her aching fingers. “I’d rather take three goes in a row with the lava wall. In a row. On hard.” 

“Yeah, because the lava wall finds new and intriguing ways to kill you. Sewing is all the same.” Jason had spent the last two hours piecing parts of Percy’s costume together with the MythStitch. 

“I thought good Roman leaders were supposed to have unending patience?” teased Piper. 

“We’re allowed to complain in private.” Jason groaned as he stretched his legs. “These are looking great, though.”

Piper looked at the five finished costumes before her and decided she had to agree. Percy’s costume was a robe of supposedly different blues that Piper just couldn’t tell apart. According to Malcolm, it was supposed to look like shifting water when it moved. He would wear a crown of coral in his hair. They hadn’t been sure about that one, but Piper was going to trust the son of wisdom and a budding fashion designer. 

Reyna would be the only one regal enough for South America. On anyone else, the green to gray mountain would look ridiculous with a jade mask based off the ones found in Puerto Rico. Reyna, as always, looked imposing, beautiful, and nearly queenly. 

Annabeth’s was hard. They couldn’t use any native art, because while Reyna was through and through Puerto Rican and Percy was… half oceanic, Annabeth wasn’t from Australia. But her costume, again, was inspired by geographical features. It had been Lacy’s idea that the sunrises off the Red Rock would be nothing short of breathtaking, and she was right. It had been Annabeth’s costume that made Piper decide her favorite word would be aurora, because that was what it was. How else were they supposed to describe the explosion of carmine and crimson, bordered by softer tones of orange and gold? The daughter of Athena, they decided, would have both the gentleness and the fire needed to be perfect. Or, in Percy’s words, “Her blonde hair is going to fail or it’s going to glow.” Jason and Piper both were both betting on glow. 

Jason. Jason and Antarctica. His family wasn’t from Antarctica either, of course, but they had made do. Malcolm had jokingly wanted to dress him as a penguin; Jason knocked that idea down immediately. Instead, it was in the design of his old praetor’s garb- ice blue toga, and a cape as dark as the icy sea. He wore a laurel wreath of rainbow on his head that looked nearly identical to the Aurora Australis. 

They had had to consult Piper’s father for her costume. In the end, he had assured them that it would be okay to use traditional Cherokee clothing for coming of age girls. “What if it’s not original enough?” she’d asked. 

Jason’s response had been,“You’re Piper. You’re unique enough to make it all your own.”

Her boyfriend’s words had made her unreasonably happy, but Piper didn’t mind. Everything was absolutely golden. Note: I’m really happy right now because Hazel’s mom is French Creole, which means she does have some African roots. I don’t think any of the costumes involved cultural appropriation, because for this one I’ll headcanon that Reyna has a lot of native blood.

Other note: the costume was actually unconsciously influenced by Solstice Hayle’s quilt of Earth. TLC, ANYONE?!)

[tasksweekly]

[TASK 072: CHOCTAW]

The Choctaw is the 3rd largest federally recognized Native American tribe, hailing from the Southeastern US states of Alabama, Florida, Mississippi, and Louisiana; though the majority now reside in Oklahoma. There’s a masterlist below compiled of over 70+ Choctaw faceclaims categorised by gender with their occupation and ethnicity denoted if there was a reliable source. If you want an extra challenge use random.org to pick a random number! Of course everything listed below are just suggestions and you can pick whichever character or whichever project you desire.

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MASTERLIST!

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Linda Lomahaftewa (1947) Choctaw / Hopi - artist.

LeAnne Howe (1951) Choctaw - author.

Allison Adelle Hedge Coke (1958) Metis, Huron, Cherokee, Chickasaw, Seminole, Choctaw, Muskogee, French, Portuguese, English, and Scottish - poet and musician (Rd Kla).

Norma Howard (1960) Choctaw, Chickasaw - artist.

Galyn Görg (1964) African-American, Choctaw, Blackfoot, Irish / German - actress and dancer.

Teri Hatcher (1964) English, Irish, Welsh, Choctaw (Unconfirmed) / Syrian, Czech - actress, singer, and writer.

Molly Culver (1967) 3/4 Anglo, 1/4 mix of Chickasaw and Choctaw - actress and model.

Brenda Schad (1968) Choctaw / Cherokee - model.

Solé / Tonya M. Johnston (1973) Choctaw, African-American, European [Unspecified] - rapper.

Tracy Rector (1972) Seminole, Choctaw, Unspecified Non-Native - filmmaker, producer, and curator.

Julia Jones (1981) African-American, Choctaw, Chickasaw / possibly English - actress.

Summer Wesley (1981) Choctaw - writer.

Marie 'Pandora' Medina (1981) Chickasaw, Choctaw - dancer, choreographer, and actress.

Kelli Brook Haney (1982) Seminole, Muskogee, Choctaw - singer-songwriter.

Mia Sable (1984) Korean / Choctaw, German - singer-songwriter and actress.

Samantha Crain (1986) Choctaw - singer-songwriter.

Jhené Aiko (1988) Japanese, Dominican [African, Spanish] / Yaqui (Unconfirmed), Choctaw (Unconfirmed), Cherokee (Unconfirmed), Navajo (Unconfirmed), German Jewish (Unconfirmed) - singer-songwriter.

Beckah Boykin (1993) Choctaw - model.

Kendyl Noor Aurora (1995) Choctaw, Chipewyan, Amazigh Moroccan / Romani, Pavee, Russian, British - model, designer, and former social media personality.

Rose Royalty (1996) Choctaw / Unspecified Black - YouTuber (LittleMissNative).

Jara Courson (1997) Seminole / Choctaw - model.

Yara Shahidi (2000) Iranian / African-American [including Ghanaian], Choctaw [Unconfirmed] - actress and model.

Lainey Edwards (?) Choctaw - singer-songwriter.

Maimouna Youssef (?) Choctaw, Cherokee, Muskogee, African-American - singer-songwriter.

Cindy Long (?) Choctaw, Muskogee - actress.

Kumiko Konishi (?) Choctaw, Ishak, Japanese, Creole [French, African American, Unspecified Middle Eastern, Unspecified South Asian, Unspecified Latina] - actress.

Stephanie Burton (?) Choctaw / Wyandotte - singer (Spirit Cry).

Luisah Teish (?) Choctaw, Haitian, French / African-American [Yoruba, possibly other] - author.

Anna Eyre (?) Choctaw, Cherokee - drummer and singer (Feather River Singers).

Kathleen Shain (?) Choctaw, Cherokee - drummer and singer (Feather River Singers).

Shyla Marlin (?) Choctaw - actress.

Martha Redbone (?) Cherokee, Choctaw, African American, Unspecified European - singer.

Christie West (?) Choctaw, Cherokee, Muskogee, Irish, English - musician (Sayani).

Jorie West (?) Choctaw, Cherokee, Muskogee, Irish, English - musician (Sayani).

M:

James Earl Jones (1931) African-American, Choctaw, Cherokee, Irish - actor.

Jim Barnes (1933) Choctaw / Welsh - poet.

Johnny Mathis (1935) African-American, Choctaw - singer-songwriter and actor.

Johnny Bench (1947) 7/8 English, 1/8 Choctaw - baseball player.

Gerald McRaney (1947) Scottish, English, Choctaw [Unconfirmed]  - actor.

Jimmy James Jr (1956) Choctaw / Cherokee - actor.

Jackson Burns (1956) Choctaw, Irish, Scottish, English / Cherokee, French - actor, stuntman, and writer.

Jimmy Redhawk James (1956) Choctaw - actor.

Devon A. Mihesuah (1957) Choctaw - writer.

Marty Stuart (1958) Choctaw, Colombian, French, Scottish, English - singer-songwriter.

Marcus Amerman (1959) Choctaw - artist.

Ricky Lynn Gregg (1961) Cherokee, Choctaw, Sioux - singer-songwriter.

Greg Maddux (1966) English, Irish, Choctaw - baseball player.

Brett Favre (1969) Creole [Choctaw, French, Spanish] - NFL player.

Eagle-Eye Cherry (1971) Choctaw, African-American / Swedish - musician and actor.

Jeffrey Gibson (1972) Choctaw, Cherokee - painter and sculptor.

Tyler Christopher (1972) Seneca / Choctaw - actor.

Andrew Jolivette (1975) Creole [Opelousa, Choctaw, Ishak, French, African-American, Spanish] - author.

D.G. Smalling (1975) Choctaw - artist.

Dak Prescott (1993) African-American / Choctaw, Apache, Mexican, Spanish, English - NFL player.

Sayeed Shahidi (2003) Iranian / African-American [including Ghanaian], Choctaw [Unconfirmed] - actor and model.

Eddie Ray Johnson (?) Cherokee / Choctaw - musician.

Ian Skorodin (?) Choctaw - filmmaker.

Tone Gyah Day (?) Choctaw / Wyandotte - singer and guitarist (Spirit Cry).

James Strauss (?) Choctaw / Wyandotte - keyboardist (Spirit Cry).

Shawn Joseph (?) Choctaw / Wyandotte - flutist and percussionist (Spirit Cry).

Mike Watkins (?) Choctaw / Wyandotte - bassist (Spirit Cry).

David Rose (?) Mexican, Indian / Choctaw, Cherokee, Irish - musician.

Adam Joaquin-Gonzalez (?) Choctaw - actor.

Spencer Battiest (?) Seminole / Choctaw - singer-songwriter and actor.

Doc Battiest (?) Seminole / Choctaw - musician.

Tvli Jacob (?) Choctaw - filmmaker.

Lil Mike (?) Pawnee / Choctaw - rapper.

George Quincy (?) Choctaw - composer and conductor.

Funny Bone (?) Pawnee / Choctaw - rapper.

Steven Paul Judd (?) Choctaw / Kiowa - filmmaker and actor.

Brad Clonch (?) Choctaw - flutist (Injunuity).

Jesse “Red Eagle” Robbins (?) Choctaw / Kickapoo - rapper.

Lawrence Harris (?) Choctaw - musician.

Glen Bonham (?) Choctaw - musician.

Eddie Ray Johnson (?) Cherokee / Choctaw - musician (The GroovaLottos).

NB:

Storme Webber (?) Choctaw, Alutiiq, Black (Unspecified) - Two Spirit - writer.

Problematic:

Will Hayden (1965) Choctaw, Unspecified Other - rapist.

Joy Villa (1991) Italian, Argentinian / African-American, Choctaw - wore a Make America Great Again dress and appropriated the plains headdress (which her tribe did not wear).

[elgrekotz]

#LestWeForget ..... (We are now face with the same issues in the 21st century regarding our hair. The more things change, the more they remain the same) The painting “Creole in a Red Hairdress” by Jacques Aman is probably one of the most iconic portraits in history but most don’t know the significance behind the headdress. During the late 18th Century, Louisiana saw a boom in growth, giving citizens including those who were of African decent the opportunity to create wealth. Black women were known for their elaborate hairstyles, some of which incorporated elements such as feathers and jewels. Interracial relationships were also common. Spain’s Charles III took issue with all of this. In response, he ordered Louisiana’s then Governor Miro to impose laws aimed at his idea of moral decency, specifically referencing a ‘large class of ‘mulattos’ and particularly “mulatto’ women.” In 1786, the Edict of Good Government - more commonly know as Tignon Laws - went into effect. The edict specifically “prohibited Creole women of color from displaying ‘excessive attention to dress’ in the streets of New Orleans” and required them to wear a tignon (scarf) to cover their hair. Previously, tignons were used to identify those who were slaves. The new law required free women of color to wear them also. In true “imma show you better than I can tell you” form, the ladies complied with the law but used intricate fabrics and jewels to adorn their tignons, turning them into a fashion trend. The law that historian Virginia M. Gould says was intended to put women “who had become too light skinned or who dressed too elegantly, or who competed too freely with white women for status and thus threatened the social order” in their places was no longer enforced by 1803 but women of creole decent continued to wear them as a symbol of resistance to colonialism. #BlackHistoryMonth #IfYouDontKnowNowYouKnow (📷: New Orleans Historic Society) (at New Orleans, Louisiana) https://www.instagram.com/p/B8s0INxHPmE/?igshid=1aaa5lc5aadtv

[olebijoux-blog]

Bts with photographer @redlightphotos Model: @ladeessemrssam Accessories: @olebijoux Mua: @nosworthycreations #nosworthycreations #beauty#exotic#fashion#naturalhair#model#fierce#creole#islandgirl#spring#summer#miami#flowers#floral#red#gold#glamour#queen#halo#olebijoux#colors#headdress#headpiece#crown#septum#bangles#rings#jewelry#accessories#wcw

[plasticpoupee]

This pretty lady is from Martinique - or, possibly, Guadeloupe - (French Overseas Departments and Territories). She wears a madras (chequered fabric) headdress and a bright red long-sleeved dress with a flower design over a white petticoat decorated with white lace. She has very striking amber eyes (that close) painted in delicate lashes and is adorned in bright golden jewellery including two big creole loop earrings. She holds a bouquet of leaves in her hand and wears black removable shoes. After further research, I think this doll might be from an American maker (she looks a lot like the dolls used for Native-American costume dolls). I can find no confirmation though… The Martiniquaise has a hand painted face. She is circa 60s-70s and in great condition ! She is about 23 cm tall with the headdress (9"1)

[olebijoux-blog]

Bts with photographer @redlightphotos Model: @ladeessemrssam Accessories: @olebijoux Mua: @nosworthycreations #nosworthycreations #beauty#exotic#fashion#naturalhair#model#fierce#creole#islandgirl#spring#summer#miami#flowers#floral#red#gold#glamour#queen#halo#olebijoux#colors#headdress#headpiece#crown#septum#bangles#rings#jewelry#accessories#wcw