Bastille Day - Post Revolutionary Fashion
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∙ Did you think Gothic style was an invention of recent generations? Citizens of post-revolutionary France had us beat. Following the executions of Marie Antoinette, Louis XVI and then the Reign of Terror, the bourgeois population worked out their death issues in fashion, hairstyles and nightlife. ∙ In a radical 180 from powdered wigs, men and women cropped their hair short and exposed their necks to emulate the preparation ritual for a trip to the guillotine. Jewelry [...].
