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Fashionable France
 Friday, 16 December 2011  06:56 ♥
By the 17th century, France was dominating European fashion. King Louis XIV rode around wearing a knee-length jacket over a knee-length waistcoat.
On his head he wore a long, curly wig. His courtiers were quick to copy him. The finest wigs, made of human hair, were a status symbol for the rich. Poorer men made do with goat's hair, horse hair and wool.
Clothes were made to fit exactly. This forced noblemen and women to slow down and move gracefully. If a man sat down too quickly, his tight hose would split.
Women's movements were even more restricted. They wore two layers of tops, known as bodies or bodices. With strips of whalebone sewn into their seams, the bodices were designed to flatten women's stomachs. They were laced so tightly, even breathing was hard.
Louis XIV wanted other countries to know that French fashions were best. So he ordered his servants to send large dolls, dressed in the lastest styles, to every court in Europe.
Noble ladies cooed over the fabulous designs. "Copy that dress!" they told their tailors.
The tailor would painstakingly unpick the outfits, to see exactly how they'd been made.
French ladies looked at royalty for new dress ideas. During Louis XV's reign, it was his mistress Madame de Pompadour, who was queen of fashion.
hot on her trail was the Austrian archduchess, Marie Antoinette. She married Louis's grandson and became Queen of France.
Her extravagant clothes were designed by Rose Bertin, the first fashion designer to be known by name. Bertin specialized in elegant flowers, ribbons and pretty lace.
Her creations were shown off in the world's first fashion magazines. These were thin journals, issued every other week, filled with detailed descriptions and illustrtions.
They allowed fashion enthusiasts to keep up-todate with the trends, without needing to hunt down the lastest fashion doll.
At court, people decided dress hoops were a sign of wealth. The wider the hoops, the wealtheir the wearer. Very rich women had to turn sideways just to enter a room.
Many palaces had their doorways widened to avoid embarrassment.
After the French revolution, Napoleon came to power. He relalized that Frajce's fashions could make his country rich. "We must only buy French lace," he ordered. "And women must wear different dress each time they come to court."
Meanwhile, he styles becamse simpler and more graceful, inspired by Ancient Greece and Rome.
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Fashionable France
By the 17th century, France was dominating European fashion. King Louis XIV rode around wearing a knee-length jacket over a knee-length waistcoat.
On his head he wore a long, curly wig. His courtiers were quick to copy him. The finest wigs, made of human hair, were a status symbol for the rich. Poorer men made do with goat's hair, horse hair and wool.
Clothes were made to fit exactly. This forced noblemen and women to slow down and move gracefully. If a man sat down too quickly, his tight hose would split.
Women's movements were even more restricted. They wore two layers of tops, known as bodies or bodices. With strips of whalebone sewn into their seams, the bodices were designed to flatten women's stomachs. They were laced so tightly, even breathing was hard.
Louis XIV wanted other countries to know that French fashions were best. So he ordered his servants to send large dolls, dressed in the lastest styles, to every court in Europe.
Noble ladies cooed over the fabulous designs. "Copy that dress!" they told their tailors.
The tailor would painstakingly unpick the outfits, to see exactly how they'd been made.
French ladies looked at royalty for new dress ideas. During Louis XV's reign, it was his mistress Madame de Pompadour, who was queen of fashion.
hot on her trail was the Austrian archduchess, Marie Antoinette. She married Louis's grandson and became Queen of France.
Her extravagant clothes were designed by Rose Bertin, the first fashion designer to be known by name. Bertin specialized in elegant flowers, ribbons and pretty lace.
Her creations were shown off in the world's first fashion magazines. These were thin journals, issued every other week, filled with detailed descriptions and illustrtions.
They allowed fashion enthusiasts to keep up-todate with the trends, without needing to hunt down the lastest fashion doll.
At court, people decided dress hoops were a sign of wealth. The wider the hoops, the wealtheir the wearer. Very rich women had to turn sideways just to enter a room.
Many palaces had their doorways widened to avoid embarrassment.
After the French revolution, Napoleon came to power. He relalized that Frajce's fashions could make his country rich. "We must only buy French lace," he ordered. "And women must wear different dress each time they come to court."
Meanwhile, he styles becamse simpler and more graceful, inspired by Ancient Greece and Rome.
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