Why Was Marie Antoinette's Fashio So Controversial | A Stitch In Time

The Chemise à la Reine was a dress made infamous by Marie Antoinette in the early 1780s. In contrast to the highly structured opulent garments worn by the French court, the gown was made of thin muslin and resembled underwear. When Elisabeth Vigée-Lebrun painted Marie Antoinette in her new clothes,...

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