Marie Antoinette Style
(Hardback)
Publishing Details
Marie Antoinette Style
By (Author) Sarah Grant
Foreword by Manolo Blahnik
Foreword by Sofia Coppola
Foreword by Antonia Fraser
V & A Publishing
V & A Publishing
2nd December 2025
United Kingdom
Classifications
General
Non Fiction
Biography: historical, political and military
History of art
European history
Physical Properties
Hardback
304
Width 272mm, Height 280mm
Description
A fashion icon in her own time, the dress and interiors adopted by Marie Antoinette in the final decades of the 18th century have had a lasting influence over 250 years of design, fashion, film and the decorative arts.
Through a wide range of objects, from her own surviving possessions to 21st-century couturiers gowns such as those of John Galliano for Dior and Alexander McQueen, this richly illustrated book explores how and why the ill-fated Queen of France has provided a constant source of inspiration. It considers afresh the legacy of a complex figure whose style, youth and notoriety have all contributed to her timeless appeal.
Author Bio
Sarah Grant is Senior Curator, Prints at the V&A
