The purpose of the article is to present - through referring to the anthropological concept of the “mannequin man” - how in the world of the 18th century politics the existing and changing divisions and party leaning. It turns out that among the class representatives of the time the spatial divisions that made it easier to identify political options only began to take form. For that reason, “mouches” applied on an appropriate face side were used extensively, as well as distinguishing headgears or hairdos, outfits in proper colours or kinds (with a classic example of the sans‑culottes trousers) and finally wigs and bows. Attaching a bow was not merely a matter of fashion, but in many cases specified support or disapproval towards a given political affair. In the party world functioning that way a crucial role belonged to women who, e.g. in England, enjoyed attaching bands with symbolic catchphrases to their hats or hairdos. As a result, the political world of the 18th century was governed by an imperative to demonstrate one’s party membership through one’s outfit or the body rather than through spatial division between the ruling party and the opposition.