Queen of Fashion: what Marie Antoinette wore to the Revolution by Caroline WeberCall Number: Lower Lvl GT685 .W37 2007
Marie Antoinette has always stood as an icon of supreme style. Here, 18th-century specialist Weber shows how Marie Antoinette developed her reputation for fashionable excess. As queen, Marie Antoinette used stunning, often extreme costumes to project an image of power. Gradually, however, she began to lose her hold on the French when she started to adopt provocative, "unqueenly" outfits that, ironically, would be adopted by the revolutionaries who executed her.