Materials.-The materials used in the costumes were magnificent in both color and texture. As members of the Fronde they did not hesitate to join in the fighting, and often har angued the troops from the steps of the Hotel de Ville, and helped in turning the guns of the Bastille on the royalists.’ When the pavilion at Marley was completed, each lady found a costume and a quantity of lace in her wardrobe.’ĭuring the minority of Louis XIV fashions were dominated by the Duchesses of Chevereux, Montbason, de Bouillon, de Longueville, and de Montpensier their influence was also felt in the politics of the time. The king was most exacting and punctilious in the matter of dress, and a certain amount of etiquette and dress had to be observed he often presented his courtiers with materials and even the finished costume. The nobility ran up enormous debts to keep up the pace, the Duke of Conde owing over 300,000 francs. The artisans and shopkeepers reaped the benefit of this extravagance, and the peasants paid the penalty, many of them being in the direst poverty and distress. Fashions followed each other in rapid succession this was especially true of the dress of the men, which seems to have been even more elaborate than that of the women. The court followed his lead, the people of the town followed the court, and extravagance ran riot. He commanded a court of luxury, splendor, and pleasure, even though he was continually passing edicts forbid-ding extravagance. He was rightly called “La Grand Monarch'” or the “Sun King.” No other personality, with the exception of Napoleon, ever dominated French history to the extent that he did.
de Montespan might well have said: “La mode c’est moi !” as Louis said : ” L’etat c’est moi ! “‘ de Maintenon made their various impressions on the life and modes of the day. Through the strong personality of the man we find the influence of a woman, as his various mistresses, from La Vallier to staid and strict Mme. “The reign of Louis XIV is a synonym for everything which is gorgeous and elaborate in architecture, furniture, and costume. One major change came in the fashion and dress of both men and women of this time period, and one man was the iconic figure that came to bare bold new looks that would change fashion not just in French culture but all other cultures alike.
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