Fashion in the French Revolution
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This exciting new edition of Fashion in the French Revolution looks at the elaborate dress of French society and the court in the 1780s and the way in which plain clothing became identified with "democracy".
Illustrated in full colour throughout and with many new additional images, this extensively revised edition of Fashion in the French Revolution looks at the elaborate dress worn by the elite in the 1780s, and then the impact on people's lives and clothing as a result of the events of 1789 onwards. This was a period in which, for the first time, what one wore was radically affected by revolutionary politics and plain clothing became identified with 'democracy'. Award-winning dress historian Aileen Ribeiro skilfully weaves analysis of paintings, engravings, fashion plates and extant garments to reveal how clothing at all levels in society changed as a result.
This revised and updated edition – as relevant, informative and provocative as when it was first published in 1988 – brings the classic Fashion in the French Revolution to a new generation of readers interested in dress history, fine art, European 18th century history, and all those interested in intelligent, articulate and informed discussion of the period.
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Table of Contents
Introduction
1. Before and After
The Waiting Years
Revolution
2. Politics and Fashion 1789 – 1794
Politics and political fashion
What the fashion magazines said
Decline and fall of the monarchy
Republic and Terror
Dressing down
3. Brave New World: People and State 1794 – 1794
Bonnets rouges and sans-culottes
Workers and revolutionaries
The cult of the antique
State Festivals
National and official costume
4. Thermidor and Directory 1794 – 1799
Men – style and satire
Women – fashion freed and celebrated
The new Paris
Final years and a new beginning
Afterword
Select Bibliography
Appendix - The Revolutionary Calendar
Chronology
List of Credits
Index
Product details
| Published | 15 Oct 2026 |
|---|---|
| Format | Ebook (Epub & Mobi) |
| Edition | 2nd |
| Pages | 256 |
| ISBN | 9781350320147 |
| Imprint | Bloomsbury Visual Arts |
| Illustrations | 122 colour illus |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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