This lecture will investigate the layers of social, cultural and political significance that lay beneath the seemingly frivolous changes in fashion instigated by Marie Antoinette from the time she arrived in Paris as a teenager to her death on the scaffold.
By presenting herself as an individual with outrageous coiffures, male outfits and peasant dresses, she flouted French royal traditions and was considered a traitor to her class and country. Style does matter.
SYLVIA SAGONA is a Fellow of the School of Languages at the University of Melbourne specialising in 19th century French art and society.
VISIT
See our VISIT page for hours and directions
BY PHONE
+61 3 9416 2515
BY POST
PO Box 79, East Melbourne VIC 8002
ONLINE
General enquiries
Membership enquiries
Shop
Donation enquiries
Subscribe to E-Newsletter