Reluctantly fashionable, Marie Louise let them dress her up…

Louise was not known for introducing fashion, nor influencing it directly, although she continued the “Regency” styles as were already in place.  It was the people around her, designing for her, dressing her, & putting her out to show that influenced fashion of the day.

(Portraits featured (1816) & below (1814):  Formal wear as modeled by Marie Louise)