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queen of fashion: what marie antoinette wore to the revolution
caroline weber
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| In "The Queen of Fashion", we get a gorgeous inside look at how fashion shaped Marie Antoinette's political and personal life from her very first days as a dauphine, right up to her demise. Since she, along with her body, were considered to belong to France, fashion was one way she could express herself, and express she did. In today's money, she would've spent millions on dresses and adornments; most of this frivolity made her unpopular with the masses, but it didn't stop people from knocking themselves out to get a close look at her when she was out in public. There's lots of juicy history gossip and lots of footnotes (it's easy to read but takes a while to get through); I wish I had read this before seeing Coppola's "Marie Antoinette" since it clarified a lot of details and I would've paid more attention to the lovely costumes. |
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reviewed by: lisa may |
May 2007 [link] |
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queen of the turtle derby and other southern phenomena
julia reed
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| Julia Reed, writer for Vogue, Newsweek and The New York Times Magazine, has taken a bunch of her writings on the South and compiled them into this funny and interesting exploration into why the South is "The South". Having grown up in Mississippi (and now divides her time between N'Awlins and NYC), Reed is definetly qualified to examine the South. She gives the number rule on adjustment of the South: "Don't think that you know what's going on" and proceeds on down the line to talk about fried chicken, hurricane parties and proper funeral food. She even delves into debutantes and Tammy Wynette. I found myself laughing and nodding my head in agreement with almost everything she had to say and despite a combined total of almost nine years in the South, I put down the book understanding a little more about this neck of the woods than when I started. |
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reviewed by: lisa may |
July 2004 [link] |
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