Rococo fashion plate

If you're anything like us, you have probably been really into the moment the color pink is having in fashion this summer, thanks to a certain iconic doll. It's been really fun and inspiring to see people from all different aesthetic groups and fashion spaces

Fashion plate of Madame duBarry with parasol. From 1743 to 1793, she was the King of France Louis XV’s mistress. She was married to Louis XV’s brother, Guillaume, for a short time before being installed at court.. She continued to assert her influence on Louis XV until he died and she left the court.

What should the poor do when they run out of bread? “Let them eat cake.” Although Marie Antoinette never actually said it, it became a symbol of how the upper classes were completely ignorant about…

Fasion of 1780's

I have just a few Fashion Plates that actually depict Marie Antoinette and her husband King Louis XVI. 4 in total that I will be showing on this post. Naturally, I enjoy tinkering with images so here is a fun piece of digital art I created using one of the actual Marie images. Marie with her Mystery Lover? There has been much speculation through the years as to Marie Antoinette and her supposed lovers. Many of the rumors were just that, rumors used as propaganda against Marie Antoinette for…

Bonus points if you can read the french underneath! ornamentedbeing.tumblr.com

Today I have a few more fashion plates from the time of Marie Antoinette. This handful of French fashions are from around the years 1776-1778. I love the fact that several show the back view of the garment so we get a better understanding of what some of these amazing dresses looked like from the rear view. My favorite of these is of a style known as "Robe à la Française" or a Sack-Back dress. I had some fun taking that image, creating a variety of colorized PNGs and then using the Aqua…

Occasionally I run across duplicate fashion plates that were printed at different times; so they have a slightly different look to them. I thought it would be fun to share one of those example with you today. Naturally, I've created a variety of colorized PNGs from each of the two original versions so you will have a lovely assortment of this 1780's fashion plate to play with too. Enjoy! Digital artpiece using an EKDuncan altered 1780 fashion plate For my digital artwork I took the 1912…