In Marie-Antoinette's kingdom, the ministers were couturiers,
cabinetmakers, bronze workers and painters.
Personally contributing to the tailoring of her outfits, the
decoration of her apartments or the landscaping of her gardens,
this French queen lived according to the tastes of the day
when she wasn't launching new fashions herself–;if only by
transgressing the conventions attached to her rank.
To the refinement of French style at its best, she added her
own personal touch, with flourishes of flowers and pearls.
Occasionally disguising as an actress or a farmer's wife, the rebel
sovereign captured the mood of her time... a time when she was
hardly recognized for who she was.
