reading | the wardrobe is the queen’s dream and france’s nightmare
2024-08-29
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recently, a book sharing event titled "bloody fashion on the seine" was held at shanghai peace academy and peace art museum. based on the book "the queen of fashion and the french revolution", this event invited xiao qi, associate professor of the history department of east china normal university, and zheng shiliang, executive editor of shanghai book review, as guests to share with readers an in-depth understanding of the fashion world of marie antoinette, the "queen of fashion" during the french revolution.
at the event, the two guests took the cultural image of the "beheaded queen" that appeared in the just-concluded paris olympics and the opening ceremony of the olympics as the starting point, and introduced the traditional french understanding of marie antoinette, what stereotypes exist, and what deficiencies exist. they then transitioned to the cultural image of "queen of fashion", which seems to have been overlooked, and used rich and diverse pictures to intuitively display marie antoinette and the clothing, hair accessories, patterns, etc. of the french upper class at that time.
afterwards, the two guests introduced the outbreak of the french revolution and its relationship with the french royal family, especially marie antoinette. the guests combined the fashion and politics of the time, and described in detail how marie antoinette's fashion taste impacted conservatives, and extended the false descriptions of marie antoinette in the underground literature during the french revolution, and the role of these false descriptions in promoting the process of the french revolution. finally, they talked about france as a country leading the world's fashion trends, and what kind of historical terrain and cultural traditions formed this fashion leader's attitude.
the queen of fashion and the french revolution
, by caroline weber,
translated by ma rui,
so·en | published by social sciences academic press
unlike most other biographies of marie antoinette, the author of this book, caroline weber, takes a unique approach. from the perspective of clothing politics, she traces marie's life from the time she set foot on french soil at the age of 14 to the time she was executed by revolutionaries at the age of 38. at the same time, she also recounts the background and process of the outbreak of the french revolution from this unique perspective. in the author's opinion, marie was lonely and helpless due to the inheritance of royal heirs, the suspicion of austria in france, and the internal political struggles in france. in such a context, clothing, headdresses, and jewelry, which represent fashion, became a symbol of marie's display and even grasping power. she not only led the fashion in france at that time, but also impacted the conservative and backwardness of france and even europe in clothing and etiquette. however, her pursuit of fashion was expensive, and her identity as an "austrian girl" made her the target of public criticism, which eventually led to her tragic end.
author:
editor: jin jiuchao responsible editor: zhu zifen
