From Marie Antoinette to Josephine: A Fashion Legacy – Lecture by Ariella Garber
We all know the French Queen Marie Antoinette. We know the films that were made about her, we know her love of cakes and we've even heard some...
Marie Antoinette's Manchurian
In the spirit of our series of posts about the crisis that gave rise to the French Revolution, “A Reason to Party,” it is appropriate to recall one of the great party girls –...
The End of Marie-Antoinette (When Abyssal Hatred Meets Misogyny)
Today (October 16, 2017), 224 years ago, at 12:15 p.m., Marie-Antoinette was beheaded in Revolution Square (later - Place de la Révolution...
Elisabeth Villegas Le Bern: The Painter Who Fought for the Image of Marie Antoinette
Elisabeth Villegas Le Berne was one of the most talented painters of the 18th century. She was a woman of the great world, a painter who traveled alone...
Marie Antoinette – A French Fashion Icon (Who Also Influences Us) by Ariella Goichman Garber
Marie Antoinette had a profound and multidimensional influence on French fashion. Ariella Goichman Garber takes us on a journey through the fashion innovations she brought...
A trip to Versailles in the footsteps of Marie Antoinette
Marie Antoinette (1755-1793) came to France at the age of 15 to marry the heir to the throne, later Louis XVI. By the age of 19 she was already...