Alright! Here goes! First, some portraits of people for inspiration.
Robespierre Circa 1790-1 (http://membres.lycos.fr/discours/robespierre_avant.jpg) Circa 1793-4 (http://napoleonbonaparte.files.wordpress.com/2007/08/blog-portrait-robespierre.jpg) (Dates are my guess there based on the cut of his coat) Key things about dressing Robespierre: Always a wig, always breeches. Shoes instead of boots. Dress him up nicely, he was famous for dressing like it was still the ancien regime, after all. Give him a colored coat, blue seems to have been a favorite. Probably easiest to just go with plain white cravat and stockings for everyone. Give him a nice cravat that's not ridiculously froofy (but still a little froofy ;-)). Also, glasses if you want. Here's a pair of late 18th century spectacles. (http://farm1.static.flickr.com/19/113793977_ddea8c5ae6.jpg) I've seen stuff like that just by poking around old junkish sort of shops.
Saint-Just Saint-Just (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/59/Saint_Just.jpg) Saint-Just (http://www.astrogeodata.it/2fc12580.jpg) Something with those quality large lapels (http://www.chd.univ-rennes1.fr/Icono/Thiers/33ThiersHRFt0704StJust.jpg) Dresses in more sober colors, but the main things for Saint-Just are 1) High cravat 2) High collar to go with said cravat and 3) If you can, make the guy wear some hoop earrings ;-). Go with breeches, no wig, shoes or boots.
Camille Desmoulins Camille (http://www.nndb.com/people/480/000097189/desmoulins-1-sized.jpg) Nothing particularly fancy dress-wise. Simple cravat. No wig, wear hair long. Boots or shoes. Breeches.
Danton Best Danton clothing pic I could find (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7a/Georges-Jacques_Danton.jpg) Again, nothing really fancy. Wig, breeches, boots.
Marat Marat (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2b/Jean-paul_marat_1.jpg) I bet kurotoshi could give you a better idea of what Marat wore. The general impression I got though was that he dressed badly on purpose. No cravat or an unwound one or some non-cravat type of neck wrapping. No wig. Ask kurotoshi.
Vergniaud Vergniaud (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/e4/Vergniaud.jpg) A little nicer than Camille or Danton, but not Robespierre level. Breeches, shoes, wig, nicely done cravat.
Tallien Without wig (http://cache.viewimages.com/xc/71099432.jpg?v=1&c=ViewImages&k=2&d=4FF206F6DF6174D8BF646DA79AC967CA284831B75F48EF45) With wig (http://cache.eb.com/eb/image?id=26785&rendTypeId=4) Clearly, with or without wig. Probably dressed along the same lines as Danton and Camille.
Louis XVI All Kingly (http://www.nndb.com/people/230/000092951/louis-xvi-1.jpg) For post-Revolution wear, I would give him a colored coat to make him stand out a bit, but obviously not super fancy. Nice cravat, always a wig, always breeches, always shoes.
If you end up doing Charlotte, here's (http://www.reprodart.com/kunst/joseph_nicolas_robert_fleury/portrait_charlotte_corday_176_hi.jpg) a nice image. Painted ex post facto, of course, but it's a good example of women's clothing of the time. Don't forget the fichue (the shawl).
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Date: 2008-06-27 06:52 pm (UTC)Robespierre
Circa 1790-1 (http://membres.lycos.fr/discours/robespierre_avant.jpg)
Circa 1793-4 (http://napoleonbonaparte.files.wordpress.com/2007/08/blog-portrait-robespierre.jpg)
(Dates are my guess there based on the cut of his coat)
Key things about dressing Robespierre: Always a wig, always breeches. Shoes instead of boots. Dress him up nicely, he was famous for dressing like it was still the ancien regime, after all. Give him a colored coat, blue seems to have been a favorite. Probably easiest to just go with plain white cravat and stockings for everyone. Give him a nice cravat that's not ridiculously froofy (but still a little froofy ;-)). Also, glasses if you want. Here's a pair of late 18th century spectacles. (http://farm1.static.flickr.com/19/113793977_ddea8c5ae6.jpg) I've seen stuff like that just by poking around old junkish sort of shops.
Saint-Just
Saint-Just (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/59/Saint_Just.jpg)
Saint-Just (http://www.astrogeodata.it/2fc12580.jpg)
Something with those quality large lapels (http://www.chd.univ-rennes1.fr/Icono/Thiers/33ThiersHRFt0704StJust.jpg)
Dresses in more sober colors, but the main things for Saint-Just are 1) High cravat 2) High collar to go with said cravat and 3) If you can, make the guy wear some hoop earrings ;-). Go with breeches, no wig, shoes or boots.
Camille Desmoulins
Camille (http://www.nndb.com/people/480/000097189/desmoulins-1-sized.jpg)
Nothing particularly fancy dress-wise. Simple cravat. No wig, wear hair long. Boots or shoes. Breeches.
Danton
Best Danton clothing pic I could find (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7a/Georges-Jacques_Danton.jpg)
Again, nothing really fancy. Wig, breeches, boots.
Marat
Marat (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2b/Jean-paul_marat_1.jpg)
I bet kurotoshi could give you a better idea of what Marat wore. The general impression I got though was that he dressed badly on purpose. No cravat or an unwound one or some non-cravat type of neck wrapping. No wig. Ask kurotoshi.
Vergniaud
Vergniaud (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/e4/Vergniaud.jpg)
A little nicer than Camille or Danton, but not Robespierre level. Breeches, shoes, wig, nicely done cravat.
Tallien
Without wig (http://cache.viewimages.com/xc/71099432.jpg?v=1&c=ViewImages&k=2&d=4FF206F6DF6174D8BF646DA79AC967CA284831B75F48EF45)
With wig (http://cache.eb.com/eb/image?id=26785&rendTypeId=4)
Clearly, with or without wig. Probably dressed along the same lines as Danton and Camille.
Louis XVI
All Kingly (http://www.nndb.com/people/230/000092951/louis-xvi-1.jpg)
For post-Revolution wear, I would give him a colored coat to make him stand out a bit, but obviously not super fancy. Nice cravat, always a wig, always breeches, always shoes.
If you end up doing Charlotte, here's (http://www.reprodart.com/kunst/joseph_nicolas_robert_fleury/portrait_charlotte_corday_176_hi.jpg) a nice image. Painted ex post facto, of course, but it's a good example of women's clothing of the time. Don't forget the fichue (the shawl).