Liberty equality fashion : the women who styled the French Revolution
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New York, NY : W.W. Norton & Company, [2024].
Edition
First edition.
ISBN
9780393867954, 0393867951
Physical Desc
xvii, 286 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm
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Published
New York, NY : W.W. Norton & Company, [2024].
Format
Book
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
ISBN
9780393867954, 0393867951
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-268) and index.
Description
"Three women led a fashion revolution and turned themselves into international style celebrities. Joséphine Bonaparte, future Empress of France; Térézia Tallien, the most beautiful woman in Europe; and Juliette Récamier, muse of intellectuals, had nothing left to lose. After surviving incarceration and forced incestuous marriage during the worst violence of the French Revolution of 1789, they dared sartorial revolt. Together, Joséphine and Térézia shed the underwear cages and massive, rigid garments that women had been obliged to wear for centuries. They slipped into light, mobile dresses, cropped their hair short, wrapped themselves in shawls, and championed the handbag. Juliette made the new style stand for individual liberty. The erotic audacity of these fashion revolutionaries conquered Europe, starting with Napoleon. Everywhere a fashion magazine could reach, women imitated the news coming from Paris. It was the fastest and most total change in clothing history. Two centuries ahead of its time, it was rolled back after only a decade by misogynist rumors of obscene extravagance. New evidence allows the real fashion revolution to be told. This is a story for our time: of a revolution that demanded universal human rights, of self-creation, of women empowering each other, and of transcendent glamor." --,Description provided by publisher.
Subjects
LC Subjects
Fashion -- France -- History -- 18th century.
France -- History -- 18th century.
Josephine, -- Empress, consort of Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, -- 1763-1814.
Récamier, Jeanne Françoise Julie Adélaïde Bernard, -- 1777-1849.
Tallien, Thérésia Cabarrus, -- 1773-1835.
Women's clothing -- France -- History -- 18th century.
France -- History -- 18th century.
Josephine, -- Empress, consort of Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, -- 1763-1814.
Récamier, Jeanne Françoise Julie Adélaïde Bernard, -- 1777-1849.
Tallien, Thérésia Cabarrus, -- 1773-1835.
Women's clothing -- France -- History -- 18th century.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Higonnet, A. (2024). Liberty equality fashion: the women who styled the French Revolution (First edition.). W.W. Norton & Company.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Higonnet, Anne, 1959-. 2024. Liberty Equality Fashion: The Women Who Styled the French Revolution. W.W. Norton & Company.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Higonnet, Anne, 1959-. Liberty Equality Fashion: The Women Who Styled the French Revolution W.W. Norton & Company, 2024.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Higonnet, Anne. Liberty Equality Fashion: The Women Who Styled the French Revolution First edition., W.W. Norton & Company, 2024.
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