{"product_id":"9780312427344","title":"Queen of Fashion : What Marie Antoinette Wore to the Revolution","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eQueen of Fashion\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Caroline Weber\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eWashington Post Book World\u003c\/i\u003e Best Book of the Year\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen her carriage first crossed over from her native Austria into France, fourteen-year-old Marie Antoinette was taken out, stripped naked before an entourage, and dressed in French attire to please the court of her new king. For a short while, the young girl played the part.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut by the time she took the throne, everything had changed. In \u003ci\u003eQueen of Fashion,\u003c\/i\u003e Caroline Weber tells of the radical restyling that transformed the young queen into an icon and shaped the future of the nation. With her riding gear, her white furs, her pouf hairstyles, and her intricate ballroom disguises, Marie Antoinette came to embody--gloriously and tragically--all the extravagance of the monarchy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A perceptive work of scholarship that helps to explain the transcendent importance of fashion to French culture.” —\u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eQueen of Fashion\u003c\/i\u003e is as richly imagined as the gowns it describes. . . . As sociology, it's nothing short of stunning.” —\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post Book World\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Absorbing, fascinating, a wonderful display of grace and expertise.” —\u003ci\u003eThe New York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A thrilling frock-by-frock account . . . While this book is rigorously researched, Weber's narrative style is energetic and alive with her own feminine pleasure at a beautiful dress or an outrageous pouf.” —\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly (grade: A)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Wickedly enjoyable.” —\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Style Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9780312427344\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Picador","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":40663982440654,"sku":"9780312427344","price":27.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/getimage_aa8007d8-f7be-41af-b359-b8b8922e4f5e.jpg?v=1639626222","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9780312427344","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}