One set of bridesmaids will wear Nile-green dresses, with pink plumes in their coiffures; another set, probably those with the pink bride, will be in white satin and silver.
"Manners and Social Usages"
Mrs. John M. E. W. Sherwood
But within all was chatter and bustle; women talked, men laughed and argued, society scandals were commented upon and the newest fashions in coiffures discussed.
"Petticoat Rule"
Emmuska Orczy, Baroness Orczy
The holiday costumes of the peasant women encountered in the neighbourhood of Saumur are exceedingly quaint, their elaborate and varied head-dresses being counterparts of coiffures in vogue so far back as three and four centuries ago.
"Facts About Champagne and Other Sparkling Wines"
Henry Vizetelly