Kristen Dunst's potrayal in the movie Marie Antoinette
Marie Antoinette was Austrian native married to Louis XVI. She became queen of France when her husband took the throne in 1774. While being queen, she could obviously get her hands on anything she wanted. Marie Antoinette even brought debt with her spending in clothes. She would buy nearly 300 dresses annually. Her favorite shop was the house of Rose Berin, which was French Couture. With all the dressed Marie Antoinette purchased from Rose Bertin, Bertin then was known as the Misister of Fashion. Their are many well documented accounts of the queen's spending on clothes. marie Antoinette also never wore anything twice. Marie Antoinette even had her own original hair style, which was describes as a gravity defying pouf. Her way of dressed was called avant-garde, and she also had a provative dressed that beared her ankle. Even when Marie Antoinette was executed, she wore a brand new white chemise that she saved for the occasion! Marie Antoinette's spending earned her the name Madame Deficit. Through out the French Revolution, Marie Antoinette would still be spending all her time and energy into clothes. After all, she had to keep that outrageous and extravagant image.
Weird Fact: Marie Antoinette and Louis XVI were second cousins once removed
Source:
Weber, Caroline. Queen of fashion: what Marie Antoinette wore to the Revolution. Henry Holt and Co., 2006. Print.
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