…was a huge influence on Regency fashion from about 1780 to 1820.
Improved trade between countries meant improved communication. Women all over the world wanted to follow France’s fashion lead, & Marie set the trends.
(photo: In 1776, Marie was wearing the *conical stays, spilling breasts, & huge skirts with panniers of the Georgian period in court).
*Note: We’ll go back to the 1700’s in a later discussion.