Weber Caroline - Queen Of Fashion What Marie Antoinette Wore To The Revolution - Paperback

Binding: Paperback
Description: A Washington Post Book World Best Book of the Year When her carriage first crossed over from her native Austria into France fourteen - year - old Marie Antoinette was taken out stripped naked before an entourage and dressed in French attire to please the court of her new king. For a short while the young girl played the part. But by the time she took the throne everything had changed. In Queen of Fashion Caroline Weber tells of the radical restyling that transformed the young queen into an icon and shaped the future of the nation. With her riding gear her white furs her pouf hairstyles and her intricate ballroom disguises Marie Antoinette came to embody - - gloriously and tragically - - all the extravagance of the monarchy.
Title: Queen Of Fashion What Marie Antoinette Wore To The Revolution
Author(s): Weber Caroline
Publisher: Picador
Barcode: 9780312427344
Pages: 448 Pages
Language: English
Publication Date: 10/2/2007