fromwww.theguardian.com
1 day agoWhy Marie Antoinette, the French queen of court-ure, is having a style moment again
Marie Antoinette: the Fragonard cupcake who bankrupted France with her lust for fashion and diamonds, who bottle-fed pet lambs while her people starved. No matter that, in truth, her frocks and jewels were small fry in her country's financial ruin; the optics, as we would say now, were terrible. So what if she never actually said let them eat cake history is no match for a great soundbite. But while opulence hastened Marie Antoinette's downfall, it has also brought her immortality.
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