Sunday, July 17, 2011

Yay or Nay? Madame Pompadour

It's a Yay or Nay first.  For once we are split right down the center and cannot come to a decision of whether Lady Egremont is in or out.  To be honest I am a little stunned!  However, this week I think we shall have no trouble deciding whether we like this selection or not!


François-Hubert Drouais paints Jeanne Antoinette Poisson in a warm grey day dress and small straw hat.  Yay or Nay?

[Chateau de Champs-sur-Marne]

30 comments:

  1. Nightjohn88July 17, 2011 at 2:25 AM

    YAY! I love it! It's simple, subtle, and sweet. The colour of the dress is soft enough so that it doesn't overwhelm her, which allows you to really notice her coy expression and flirty posture.

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  2. AubreyJuly 17, 2011 at 3:13 AM

    Oh, yay by all means. The combination of dove and pink is lovely and her bodice holds her like a velvet cloud. The angle of chin and wrists completes a most charming picture!

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  3. IsisJuly 17, 2011 at 5:47 AM

    Yay, yay, yay!

    I also like that her face isn't as ideaqlized as usual. :)

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  4. CareyJuly 17, 2011 at 6:31 AM

    Yay. Love that dress!

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  5. Olympe de la Tour D'AuvergneJuly 17, 2011 at 8:28 AM

    The ever-fashionable Marquise gets a Yay from me, I love the simplicity of this outfit.

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  6. FeliciaJuly 17, 2011 at 9:21 AM

    The gown is wonderful, but the hat looks a little awkward to me. I don't know if it's the angle or what, but it looks off.

    Still, the gown is so supremely stylish (love the gut of the bodice!) that it still gets a big YAY!

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  7. nightsmusicJuly 17, 2011 at 9:22 AM

    Have always loved that dress, but the hat still sucks. So a big YAY for the dress and would someone please paint over that silly hat? Looks like she lifted it from a child.

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  8. FeliciaJuly 17, 2011 at 9:22 AM

    ...and that should be 'cut' not gut. Of course.

    Stupid butter fingers.

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  9. janicebJuly 17, 2011 at 9:59 AM

    I love the gown (but agree about the hat). Yay!

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  10. JoanneJuly 17, 2011 at 11:36 AM

    It's a yay for me because she's one of my favorite mistress :)

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  11. balsamfirJuly 17, 2011 at 11:36 AM

    Yay, of course.

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  12. Retro BlogJuly 17, 2011 at 11:49 AM

    Yes! Lovely gown, hat is tiny, obviously a nod to fashion, but really, a straw tea cup sized doily?!

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  13. AnonymousJuly 17, 2011 at 3:44 PM

    A trifle taken aback by the hat, but the rest is a Yay!

    ~Lylassandra

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  14. DCJuly 17, 2011 at 6:40 PM

    Yay, yay, yay!

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  15. CherylynnJuly 17, 2011 at 6:43 PM

    Love love love the dress---shame about the hat. Yay!

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  16. AnonymousJuly 17, 2011 at 6:49 PM

    I love the dress, but I agree with what people are saying about her hat. It's a Yay for me :)

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  17. MichelleJuly 17, 2011 at 9:25 PM

    Yay for sure. I love the color of it and the under color that shows slightly. Its just lovely.

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  18. Julia BrownJuly 17, 2011 at 9:56 PM

    I think this is very beautiful. Nice buttons on the dress, and wonderful colour!
    -Yea-

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  19. HollyJuly 17, 2011 at 10:02 PM

    Yay for the dress (beautiful!) Nay on the hat.

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  20. RosemaryJuly 18, 2011 at 2:29 AM

    A most definite yay for such an elegant and simple dress with just the right amount of ruffles!

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  21. Anne ElizabethJuly 18, 2011 at 3:03 AM

    Yay! I do like the outfit, but the divine Madame the Pompadour makes me so partial I would always say yay no matter what.

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  22. OzorsanJuly 18, 2011 at 5:54 PM

    Is it just me, or does she look a little like Rebekah Brooks?

    Anyway, it looks like the 18th-century version of an old shirt and sweatpants- something comfortable to be worn around the house, but not in public. That rather intense-looking statue behind her is also very off-putting. NAY.

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  23. Pechorin de VeuvrayJuly 18, 2011 at 7:00 PM

    Yay ,or a emphatic French OUAIS!!!

    Madame Pompadour was never painted in an unflattering way. She was the quintessential Maitresse en titre and of flawless style!

    Drouais was a fabulously gifted painter. Notice the flower protruding from her voluptuous decollete. She is Nature personified.

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  24. VioletJuly 19, 2011 at 10:38 AM

    With this simple, yet elegant dress,she looks very sweet and calm, yet stylish. Yay, love her!

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  25. KtbeelJuly 19, 2011 at 7:59 PM

    I could do without the hat. It looks a bit out of place and awkward. The dress is absolutely lovely, though. It's simple but really beautiful. Yay!

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  26. EmilyJuly 21, 2011 at 11:25 PM

    Her hair is pulled back extremely tight for that time period, and her hat is ridiculously small and perched too far back on her head...but because of the dress I say yay.

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  27. RebeccaJuly 22, 2011 at 8:00 AM

    Nay. I don't know why but I just can't find it in me to like it =/

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  28. AnonymousJuly 23, 2011 at 9:24 PM

    Yay for the color choice and gown. Nay for the absurdly small hat.

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  29. AnonymousJuly 23, 2011 at 9:24 PM

    Yay for the color choice and gown. Nay for the absurdly small hat.

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  30. hierogothicJuly 26, 2011 at 8:48 PM

    Yay for the gown, but as for that ridiculous hat - I fear some band member is missing a cymbal and poor Ms. Pompadour is doing her best to keep it balanced on her head.

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