The book describes her devices as, "the putting on of the appearance of a lady in distress, the thrown-from-a-horse bun, the bowed walk, the coquettish smile." The thrown-from-a-horse bun refers to the hair falling down one side of the head to the shoulders and back.
書中描述的媚態有：「做愁眉啼狀、墮馬髻、折腰步、齵齒笑……」其中所謂的「墮馬髻」，是指髮髻側落一邊，下垂至肩背。