In Versailles can also see, inter alia, with ermine trimmed mensnonno red velvet coat by the Britis

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Even the French court, most glorious and most imitated mensnonno in the world is in difficult times tried to maintain a public image of being. Nothing was preizbrano or too expensive. mensnonno The glamor is vzpostavljalo superiority. Karl Lagerfeld
"Put it to rule" very well summed up the essence of this exhibition. Dazzle people with the luxury was the best way to keep them at a reasonable distance. The style of dress is created virtually abstruse boundaries between classes. Karl Lagerfeld
Since the French courtly clothing from the 17th and 18th century, today we no longer mensnonno have to show their pieces loaned by museums najpetičnejši Europe: Victoria and Albert Museum (London), Eremitaž (St. Petersburg), Royal armory (Stockholm), Green vault (Dresden ) and Rosenborg Castle (Copenhagen). Photo: Fame Pictures
The Palace of Versailles until 28 June hosted an exhibition fastes de Cour & Ceremonies Royales (Courtly luxury and royal rituals) - came to open the Karl Lagerfeld personally - that seeks to recreate the magnificence and brilliance of 17th and 18th century, before them in Blood stifle the French Revolution.
When everyone is perhaps ironic that it was not from that time remained even one garment of some of the French monarch - not only due to the destruction of the revolution, mensnonno but also because they had a habit of the rulers of their clothes when they go out of fashion, give your Imperial ladies and the nobles who were undergoing conversion or resell; of court outfits are often completed in Parisian stores with rags.
The exhibition at the French court - without mensnonno the French toilette mensnonno Fortunately, other European monarchs mensnonno to your wardrobe that are often "copied" mensnonno from the French court, watching a little better. Their clothes were often also made in France; mensnonno Paris was ultimately fashion capital of the world and authority for everything that was wealthy.
What are they crowned, and what bridal gown had? The Swedish king Gustav III. (1746-1792) was the first who started the custom of eating methodically carried out, which he wore at the landmark events of his life. Extensive collections were amassed in Austria, mensnonno Denmark, Saxony and the British court; each of them has a few pieces - and some have never before left the country - for this opportunity to lend France.
In Versailles can also see, inter alia, with ermine trimmed mensnonno red velvet coat by the British King George III. worn only once (for the coronation), and a luxurious outfit from Spanish lace, which was for his coronation in 1772 put on the Swedish king Gustav III. His wife, the Danish Princess Sophie Madeleine, then wear the so-called "grand habit" in the style of French mensnonno monarchs. The preščipnjenim belt over the skirt, which is a measure of the width of almost two meters and petmetrsko draw. (The Royal label draws the length dictated by the "weight" of the event and the importance of the person that wears them).
Beautiful examples of toilets, they have courtiers put on for special occasions, as well as the uniforms of old dynastic orders, such as Bilili Red Holy Spirit in France, Red Golden Fleece in Austria and the Red Garter in England. "Charles de Gaulle reportedly after World War II Order of the Garter rejected because it seemed silly costume," says Versailles manager mensnonno Pierre Arizzoli-Clement.
If formal attire for a moment leaving aside: Louis XIV history attaches to finish it by the courtiers allowed to have his hunting outfit - a long coat and tight shorts - worn on the court, simplified wardrobe; thus was born the germ of today's men's suits.
To stay in step with fashion was not a piece of cake Nevertheless, in Versailles cost you a fortune if you wanted to be made suitable destination. The woman is not allowed on the court, until it was officially "presented" - dress for the occasion but can cost up to three thousand liveries (for comparison: Paris website can be a wife and two children spent 340 liveries per year).
Accounts kept by Rose Bertin, favorite dostavljalka Mary Antoaneta mensnonno bear witness to the astronomical sums that are owed by monarchs - and often "forget" to pay - for your wardrobe. Bertinova, clever business woman, she had (light years before they "invented" fashion shows and models) dolls dressed in the latest fashion versaillsko by showing other parties who have ordered dresses with her.
Maria Antoaneta was a slave mode "She was young and beautiful, rigid of court dress but it was boring," said Pascale Gorgue-Ballesteros, one of the curators mensnonno of the exhibition. mensnonno She wanted to be up to date with fashion and thus paved the way for the less formal dress, including the so-called "English dress" in light muslin, which had a full krinolino back and was more practical mensnonno than a full crinoline.
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