… who married Napoleon III (Charles Louis), the nephew and heir to the French throne – or the French Republic depending on the political situation through their married lives. (Portrait: a young Eugenie in the early 1840’s. Note the wide Bertha collar and fitting waist typical of the early Victorian …
Category: Fashion History Blog
Charles Bonaparte was Napoleon III…
… although he was only Napoleon’s nephew, he became heir to the throne because Napoleon II, Napoleon’s only legal son born within wedlock to his second wife, Marie Louise, had died as a young man. (Portrait: His Prince Imperial Napoleon III as a young man)
Back to our Royal story…Louis Bonaparte and Hortense de Beauharnais had 1 child…
… a son, whom they named Charles-Louis Napoleon Bonaparte. Charles was the nephew and heir to Napoleon Bonaparte; next in line to become Emperor of France. (Portrait: Hortense with her son, Charles a.k.a. Napoleon III)
Just Finished! The Carousel Corset…
.. for Fiona, our 1866 11 year old customer. Take a look at Fiona’s project-in-process on her web page as we are crankin’ up the excitement and working on her unders: https://silhouettescostumes.com/customer-projects/in-development/fiona-buker-sidewalk-interpreter/
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The history of fashion is the history of women..
Silhouettes Costumes researches, designs, and builds authentic costumes for women. The more we research, the more we find the stories. These stories we have been telling are about women who really existed. We fill in the “spaces between” to guess how they felt, acted, and actually were, so that we …
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It’s back to Napoleon’s brother Louis, and his step-daughter Hortense…
… again as they begin the line that continues to make today’s final connections of royalty in the world. Hortense was Empress Josephine’s daughter by a first marriage. Josephine was Napoleon I’s first wife. Louis was one of Napoleon’s middle brothers. (portrait: Hortense de Beauharnais who would marry Louis Bonaparte; …
French connections to world royalty…
…We have covered the Bourbons, the Napoleons, and the connections of those families to the United States, Russia, Prussia, and historical England. These families lived through fashion eras Colonial, Georgian, and Regency. We will now make the final connection of all European royalty to Victorian – fashion era AND the …
Helene, granddaughter of Frederick..
… from his son by his 2nd marriage, is responsible for many of today’s European royals. Here she is shown with her firstborn.