Rococo fashion plate

If you're anything like us, you have probably been really into the moment the color pink is having in fashion this summer, thanks to a certain iconic doll. It's been really fun and inspiring to see people from all different aesthetic groups and fashion spaces

Fasion of 1780's

I have just a few Fashion Plates that actually depict Marie Antoinette and her husband King Louis XVI. 4 in total that I will be showing on this post. Naturally, I enjoy tinkering with images so here is a fun piece of digital art I created using one of the actual Marie images. Marie with her Mystery Lover? There has been much speculation through the years as to Marie Antoinette and her supposed lovers. Many of the rumors were just that, rumors used as propaganda against Marie Antoinette for…

Fashion plate of Madame duBarry with parasol. From 1743 to 1793, she was the King of France Louis XV’s mistress. She was married to Louis XV’s brother, Guillaume, for a short time before being installed at court.. She continued to assert her influence on Louis XV until he died and she left the court.

Fashion Plate - La Mode Illustree - 1869

Here's a freebie Galerie de Modes fashion plate image for you to use in your works from my collection! xo

Bonus points if you can read the french underneath! ornamentedbeing.tumblr.com

1777

Dress of the eighteenth century is not without anachronisms and exoticisms of its own, but that singular, changing, revolutionizing century has become an icon in the history of fashion.