Fashion and Versailles

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The Château de Versailles—the indisputable birthplace of fashion—continues to inspire glamour and style lately.

The royal place of dwelling of Versailles—this unparalleled seat of power and seduction—is crucial influence on recent fashion, inspiring passions and vocations. Because the establishment of the world’s first dress codes under the rule of thumb of Louis XIV to incite the whims of the queens and royal mistresses, fashion at Versailles has been a constant and inexhaustible source of inspiration for designers, photographers, decorators, and directors and has launched countless fashion revolutions.

Courtesan Madame de Montespan launched the “innocente” robe to camouflage pregnancy, Sofia Coppola memorialized Marie-Antoinette in extravagant wigs and pastel hues, and Annie Leibovitz captured Kirsten Dunst in a delicate taffeta-and-chiffon Alexander McQueen gown against the dramatic backdrop of a peristyle at Versailles. Haute couture within the 1950s launched the cinched-waist “neo-trianon” trend. Karl Lagerfeld used the château’s gardens as the runway for his 2013 cruise collection featuring Versailles-influenced crinoline dresses and brocade jackets.

This stunning volume showcases the most productive of fashion inspired by Versailles, set against the exquisite background of probably the most spectacular palace on the earth.


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