… Marie Antoinette’s personal artist and friend. Le Brun is the one who made the scandalous painting of Marie wearing the loose and casual “gaulle” fashion of robe, and had to repaint Marie wearing more clothing “befitting her station”. Here is Luise of Prussia’s most famous representation of perhaps 1800 …
… her Russian riding habits today are key examples of the Regency Spencer jacket style, as she evolved her fashion between 1800 and 1810 (she died in 1810). (Featured Luise 1801; below a different version by a different artist)
.. the bust of their father, especially if he had died. In this portrait of Luise of Prussia and her sister Ludwig, their happiness indicates Papa was probably still alive and that they were having fun with the portrait painter.
.. and living with their royal “Grandmere” learned fluent French. Grandmama had sculptures and portraits made of the girls in their early Regency “little white dress” robes (gowns).
… The daughter of Prince Louis Arenburg. She is an excellent example of fashion as it changed from the 1790 round robe, into the gaulle, to early Regency, and late Regency. In yesterday’s post she wore the fashionable mobcap (portrait 1796) and fichu of the late 1790’s. Here she moves …
Takes our story of French Royalty in an interesting direction. Her real name was Luise Auguste Wilhelmine Amalie. Those following our story here, will know the aristocrats she was named after. (Luise in 1796 as a teen wearing the transitional high fashion of “gaulle” which was introduced by Marie Antoinette)
Note yesterday’s portrait of Josephine was a 1860’s crinoline. Here she is in the bustle era. Josephine was the daughter of Stephanie de Beauharnais. Stephanie was the ward of Napoleon I, and the niece of Napoleon’s 1st wife, Josephine’s husband of her first marriage. If you have all these people …
… builds “from the bum up” for women who use their costumes to TEACH. Unlike theatrical costumes which LOOK the part, we help you FEEL the part. Typical projects take about 14 weeks, 1-3 fittings (though we do work from just measurements), and include 10-16 components. There is no cost …
.. was the father of Prince Albert, and uncle of Queen Victoria of England. (pictured: Josephine)
was born at Mannheim, the daughter of Charles, Grand Duke of Baden and his wife, Stéphanie de Beauharnais, adopted daughter of Napoleon Bonaparte the 1st. Through her eldest son Leopold, she is the ancestress of the Romanian royal family and the Yugoslav Royal Family. Through her daughter Marie, she is …
