The Wedding Dress Of Queen Marie Antoinette | Royal Fashion History Documentary
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- The Wedding Dress Of Queen Marie Antoinette | Royal Fashion History Documentary
Marie Antoinette, born Archduchess Maria Antonia of Austria, was thrust into the spotlight of European royalty at the tender age of 14 when she married Louis-Auguste, the Dauphin of France. Her wedding was not only a union of two young people but also a grand alliance between Austria and France, intricately woven into the political tapestry of 18th-century Europe. This event was held with all the pomp and circumstance befitting future monarchs, at the renowned Royal Chapel of Versailles, a symbol of French grandeur and the epicenter of European fashion.
The wedding of Marie Antoinette was a spectacle that captured the imaginations of contemporaries and historians alike. The Royal Chapel of Versailles, known for setting the fashion trends that dictated European aristocratic styles, was a fitting venue for such an illustrious occasion. Everyone in attendance was dressed in the height of fashion, but it was Marie Antoinette’s wedding dress that stole the show.
Her gown was crafted from lavish silver fabric, a choice befitting her royal status and symbolic of her shining new role in the French court. Adorned with numerous diamonds-a lavish gift from her mother, Empress Maria Theresa of Austria-the dress shimmered with every step she took down the grand Hall of Mirrors towards the altar. Despite the opulence, the gown was emblematic of the intricate dance between personal desires and royal duties that marked Marie Antoinette's life.
Before she even reached France, Marie Antoinette's identity began to be reshaped to align with French expectations. At the border, her attire and appearance underwent a dramatic transformation. She was dressed in new, lavish clothes, her hair was styled into a towering wig, and her face was powdered and painted to reflect the French noble aesthetic. This physical transformation was a precursor to the many ways in which she would have to mold her persona to fit the rigid expectations of the French court.
Interestingly, Marie Antoinette and Louis XVI were initially married by proxy in Austria; her brother, Archduke Ferdinand, stood in for Louis XVI, who was absent from the ceremony. Such proxy marriages were common in European royal alliances, allowing political unions to be cemented without both parties present. It was a practical solution that underscored the often impersonal nature of royal marriages. By the time Marie Antoinette set foot on French soil, she was already the Dauphine of France, a title laden with responsibilities and expectations.
The formal wedding in Versailles was a grand affair, meant to publicly cement the union that had been legally recognized in Austria. The gown Marie Antoinette wore was constructed long before she arrived in France, made to measurements taken by proxy and thus prone to inaccuracies. On the day of her wedding, when she tried on the gown, it was immediately clear that it was too small. The fabric strained across her back, unable to fully close, and revealed the edges of her corset and chemise beneath-a faux pas for any bride, but scandalous for a queen.
The problem with the dress was multifaceted. Firstly, the issue of fit highlights the challenges of living in a world where appearances were paramount, and even the slightest misstep could lead to public ridicule. Secondly, the inability to alter the dress in time for the ceremony speaks to the immense pressure and rapid pace at which royal events proceeded, leaving little room for error or adjustment.
Despite the gown's poor fit, Marie Antoinette proceeded with the ceremony, a testament to her burgeoning role as a figure who must place duty above personal comfort. The diamonds gifted by her mother glittered under the candlelight, each facet reflecting not only the physical light but also the heavy expectations placed upon her young shoulders.
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And ironically, she fled from the excessive glamour of a queen. In the Petit Trianon, she wore muslins and loosened hair. She wanted a life far more natural than she was supposed to. She was a fan of Rousseau and wanted a different life for her children. When she wore muslin for an official portrait, she was damned for her lack of understanding her position. But when she wore the gowns and jewels of a queen, she was damned by the public for her expenses. She was seldom in a winning position. Read Antonia Fraser’s biography of her. It’s incredible.
The French hated an Austrian. Hated.
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She was condemned for wearing cotton because the French silk weavers were a very powerful organization… her clothing was a walking advertisement for French industry.
She was damned if she did , and damned if she didn't.
Sounds like an interesting book, I must read it. I dicovered last year through Genealogy that Marie Antoinette is my cousin on my mom's side.
It was unfair the way they killed her."
1:17 It is the wedding dress of Hedvig Elisabeth Charlotte of Holstein-Gottorp, Queen of Sweden
I believe you to be a most engaged individual ( truly wonderful)
I do, however, ask that you get your facts and opinions of history under control.
There has never been a royal bride of France who walked down the hall of mirrors before her vows. Hence. She entered the chapel of Versailles...ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE BUILDING.
Josephine Bonaparte was a style icon. Much better. We could wear her gowns today. To my mind she epitomizes the French couture. The era of Marie Antoinette"s clothes is impractical, overpowering and will always remain old-fashioned and pretentious.
Looks like she's wearing a piece of furniture.
Im sorry but that thing is absolutely horrendous. It looks like a sofa
Nice video, BUT if the title is about something (here the wedding dress), so the video should be about it ("designer", material, costs of production, how long it took to make it, how heavy was it, what was the response back then, what happened with it, is there a replika to be seen today, where and so on), and not about everything possible around it. Which is not bad, but it is not the topic of the video. Titles matter ;).
Anyway, thanks for posting, please take my notes as constructive criticism and not as dead sentence :). Good look with your future videos!
I think panniers were one of the ugliest fashions of all time.
The hall of mirrors is not the Royal Chapel she may have passed through this on the way to the Chapel. She then would have gone through the herculean salon then down stairs along the corridor passing the opera house to enter the Chapel. If she had gone down the Queens stair case she would need to have crossed the cour du marbe and enter thr doirs under the kings study. I have done both when visiting Versailles and the latter is the shorter route it is most unlikely the way she went
Her dress was perfect for Kim Kardashian...tiny waist and six foot hips 😂😮 but I have some respect for Marie Antoinette
Another child narrator…..
Taaa love
Absolutely ridiculous costume
Wow, what a stunning dress! It still boggles the mind how girls were married off so young.
It was about alliances and politics, not sex, as in Islam.
Life expectancy was much lower than it is now.
@@IrishAnnie Not really. The average life expectancy was lower because of child mortality. But if you made it through, you were likely to live a normal lifetime.
It’s still happening…
Her dress says back up imma need like 6ft. I love it!!!
She practiced social distancing before it became cool. 😂
If she had deep Christian values helping the poor, the needy, using her influence as queen things would not have happened to them igniting French Revolution ?
She & the king were both kids. He wasn't much older than her. They didn't rule the country, the surrounding lords & parliamentary higher ups basically ruled the country. The king & this princess were basically their puppets.
Where is the dress now ,?????😊
The wedding dresses of that time are often remade into other dresses for the queen. It was wasteful to keep the dress for one use as a momento for one day of life. It was a practice during the days of Princess Charlotte of Wales who was heir apparent before Queen Victoria"s birth.
pour le mariage du dauphin Louis Auguste et de Marie -Antoinette , Louis XV a fait construire par son architecte Gabriel, l’opéra Royal au château de Versailles, ainsi que la place de la Concorde qui était la place Louis XV avant la révolution française.
Les fournisseurs pour le mariage, on mis 20 ans à être payé en totalité, tellement Louis XV à dépenser de l’argent pour montrer à l’Europe entière entière le faste de la cour de France
She hid a 52 in screen in that dress.
I guess, if you can’t have pockets, a shelf will do. The slightest misstep resulted in ridicule Nothing has changed
Huge pockets were actually the standard for ladies of the time, with them only going out of style at the end of the century due to the narrow skirts popularized by the neoclassical movement. Certain styles of panniers doubled as pocket bags, even.
It's Pronounced ROYAL, Not VOIAL!! R not V!!
Much more and better, research is required.
Queen of Fashion: What Marie Antoinette Wore to the Revolution - Illustrated, October 2, 2007
by Caroline Weber - really the only accurate book on this subject.
Isn’t it supposed to be the male of the species that fluff themselves up to look bigger, better, prettier, healthier? Where did we go wrong.
Pontoons
Interesting
Hi, awesome live history video I enjoyed it. Thanks for sharing have a great day see you next video 😊
Thank you!
this isn't the gown Queen Sofia of Sweden wore this
Meghan Markle needs to wear a dress like this!!!!
Why?
@@milacolman why not?? She would look amazing!!
Markle would look ridiculous, like in her usual dresses that never fit and are unflattering for her figure.
@@annikarewelo2665 I disagree! This should have been Megan's wedding dress!!!
@@annikarewelo2665 you cannot tell me a designer could not tailor this to fit her perfectly!!
I enjoyed that. It was well done and to the point. I wonder what happened to the dress and all those diamonds.
It would've been dismantled and turned into other articles, and the diamonds made into other jewelry.
Do we have to have a schoolgirl teaching history? Do find a grown up. An interesting subject, but cannot listen.
Want to volunteer?
I love the way the narrator sounds! That was rude!
I recommend Fact Feast they actually talk about the real people and not the aristocrats that have been overdone. No one cares about the poor these aristocrats failed.
History Debunked is great too.
You don't have to be a certain age to talk about what you like I think. Plus being younger doesn't mean that whatever you're saying is wrong, it's not a matter of age but a matter of knowledge and hard work, which go hand in hand, in my opinion.
It would be nice if one would cover the real people of the past, not just the same old tired aristocrats.