Fashion in the French Revolution
Topic: the significance and impact of fashion in the bourgeoise and elite during the French Revolution
Thesis: The materialism of the elite, specifically the focus on fashion and vanity, was an important factor in the fall of the aristocracy during the French Revolution. The focus on vanity in france during the late 18th century lead to a tremendous amount of importance placed on dress and manners in the French government and a policy of ignoring the people, leading to negligence and ignorance which made way for the Revolution.
Sources: Secondary sources (peer-reviewed) and primary sources (can include art, poetry, music, etc that is relevant and contemporary to the time)
Some sources:
The Sartorial Self: Neoclassical Fashion and Gender Identity in France, 1797-1804
E. Claire Cage
Eighteenth-Century Studies
Vol. 42, No. 2 (Winter, 2009), pp. 193-215
The Queen’s Hair: Marie-Antoinette, Politics, and DNA
Desmond Hosford
Eighteenth-Century Studies
Vol. 38, No. 1, Hair (Fall, 2004), pp. 183-200
Greuze, Jean-Baptiste. The Laundress. 1761. The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles
LACMA. “Woman’s Corset.” Digital image. Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
Le Bourhis, Katell, comp. The Age of Napoleon: costume from Revolution to Empire, 1789-1815. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art H.N. Abrams, 1989.
Majer, Michele. “La Mode à La Girafe: Fashion, Culture, and Politics in Bourbon Restoration France.” Studies in the Decorative Arts 17, no. 1 (2009): 123-61.
Queen of Fashion: What Marie Antoinette Wore to the Revolution, by Caroline Weber
The Art of Dress: Fashion in England and France 1750 to 1820, by Aileen Ribiero
Oakes, Leimomi. “Terminology: What is a robe de cour or grand habit?” The Dreamstress.com September 26, 2013.
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