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Title Fashion victims : dress at the court of Louis XVI and Marie-Antoinette / Kimberly Chrisman-Campbell
Imprint New Haven : Yale University Press, 2015

LIBRARY / MAP CALL NUMBER STATUS MESSAGE
 Stadsbibl:Slottet vån 3 Samhällsvetenskap  391 engelska    DUE 24-04-02  ---
Descript xii, 352 pages illustrations
Note Includes bibliographical references and index
Originalupplaga 2015
Includes bibliographical references and index
"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 largely female-dominated fashion industry, which produced courtly finery as well as promoted a thriving secondhand clothing market outside the royal circle. She discusses in depth the exceptionally imaginative and uninhibited styles of the period immediately before the French Revolution, and also explores fashion's surprising influence on the course of the Revolution itself. The absorbing narrative demonstrates fashion's crucial role as a visible and versatile medium for social commentary, and shows the glittering surface of 18th-century high society as well as its seedy underbelly. Fashion Victims presents a compelling anthology of trends, manners, and personalities from the era, accompanied by gorgeous fashion plates, portraits, and photographs of rare surviving garments. Drawing upon documentary evidence, previously unpublished archival sources, and new information about aristocrats, politicians, and celebrities, this book is an unmatched study of French fashion in the late 18th century, providing astonishing insight, a gripping story, and stylish inspiration"-- Provided by publisher
Subject Marie-Antoinette, drottning av Frankrike, 1755-1793
1700-talet
Mode -- historia
Kläder -- historia
Hovliv -- historia
Kungar och härskare -- historia
Fashion -- France -- History -- 18th century
Social status
DESIGN / Fashion.
HISTORY / Modern / 18th Century.
HISTORY / Europe / France.
Äktenskap -- bröllopsseder
Queens -- France -- 18th century
Marriage -- wedding customs
Drottningar -- 1700-talet
France -- Court and courtiers -- Clothing -- History -- 18th century
France -- History -- Louis XVI, 1774-1793
France -- Kings and rulers -- Clothing
Frankrike
Classmark 391.0094409033
HIS037050
Ihk
Alt Auth Chrisman-Campbell, Kimberly
ISBN/ISSN 9780300154382 hardback
0300154380 hardback
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