Marie Antoinette Style (The Official V&A Exhibition Book)
A fashion icon in her own time, the dress and interiors adopted by Marie Antoinette in the final decades of the 18th century have had a lasting influence over 250 years of design, fashion, film and the decorative arts. Through a wide range of objects, from her own surviving possessions to 21st-century couturier's gowns such as those of John Galliano for Dior and Alexander McQueen, this richly illustrated book explores how and why the ill-fated Queen of France has provided a constant source of inspiration. It considers afresh the legacy of a complex figure whose style, youth and notoriety have all contributed to her timeless appeal.
Author: Sarah Grant
Format: Hardback, 304 pages, 272mm x 280mm
Published: 2025, V & A Publishing, United Kingdom
Genre: Biography: Historical, Political & Military
Description
A fashion icon in her own time, the dress and interiors adopted by Marie Antoinette in the final decades of the 18th century have had a lasting influence over 250 years of design, fashion, film and the decorative arts. Through a wide range of objects, from her own surviving possessions to 21st-century couturier's gowns such as those of John Galliano for Dior and Alexander McQueen, this richly illustrated book explores how and why the ill-fated Queen of France has provided a constant source of inspiration. It considers afresh the legacy of a complex figure whose style, youth and notoriety have all contributed to her timeless appeal.
Marie Antoinette Style (The Official V&A Exhibition Book)