Fashion victims : dress at the court of Louis XVI and Marie-Antoinette / Kimberly Chrisman-Campbell.

"This engrossing book chronicles one of the most exciting, controversial, and extravagant periods in the history of fashion: the reign of Louis XVI and Marie-Antoinette in 18th-century France. Kimberly Chrisman-Campbell offers a carefully researched glimpse into the turbulent era's sophisticated and...

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Main Author: Chrisman-Campbell, Kimberly (Author)
Language:English
Published: New Haven : Yale University Press, [2015]
Subjects:
Fashion > France > History > 18th century.
France > Court and courtiers > Clothing > History > 18th century.
France > History > Louis XVI, 1774-1793.
France > Kings and rulers > Clothing.
DESIGN / Fashion.
HISTORY / Modern / 18th Century.
HISTORY / Europe / France.
Physical Description:xii, 352 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Prologue: August 10, 1792
  • Introduction : Fashion statements.
  • Part I: Court and city. The Queen
  • The Petite-Maitresse
  • The Marchande de Modes.
  • Part II: New and novel. Marriage
  • Court dress
  • Longschamp
  • Mourning.
  • Part III: Fashion and fantasy. Fashions à l'Américaine
  • The Chemise à la Reine
  • Figaro and fashion
  • Anglomania
  • Orientalism.
  • Part IV: Revolution and recovery. The politics of fashion
  • Fashion in exile
  • Return to Paris.
  • Conclusion: From "La Mode" to "Le Mode".