In Marie-Antoinette's kingdom, the ministers were couturiers,cabinetmakers, bronze workers and painters.Personally contributing to the tailoring of her outfits, thedecoration of her apartments or the landscaping of her gardens,this French queen lived according to the tastes of the daywhen she wasn't launching new fashions herself—if only bytransgressing the conventions attached to her rank.To the refinement of French style at its best, she added herown personal touch, with flourishes of flowers and pearls.Occasionally disguising as an actress or a farmer's wife, the rebelsovereign captured the mood of her time... a time when she washardly recognized for who she was.
