About this deck
A t Versailles, Louis XIV understood that silk and stitching could be statecraft. His regulated luxury — silver brocade, towering wigs, red-heeled shoes — marked rank as plainly as a coat of arms. Key sections include: FASHION / Garments and what they say; Dressing for the Sun King; The garment, multiplied; Worth: the first designer; Chanel cuts the corset; Dior's New Look : the hourglass returns; Hemlines up, boundaries down; Street steals the spotlight; The black revolution; Fast fashion: from runway to rack in 14 days.
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