Marie Antoinette, the exhibition dedicated to the most IT Girl queen ever arrives ever

If Maria antonietta had an account Tiktok perhaps his alleged famous phrases and the outfit From a thousand and one night (after all, we are talking about a queen) they could not be more viral than that. Thanks to his passion for the fashionwho already at the time made the corridors of Versailles whisper, and the many tributes popfrom the catwalks to the cinema, the unfortunate monarch of Austrian origin does not stop attracting attention to more than two centuries from his death. And so the Victoria & Albert Museum in London, in September inaugurates the exhibition Marie Antoinette Style al V&A by South Kensington from next September 20.

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This is the first British retrospective in absolute dedicated to royal of France And it will explore the way in which its taste has influenced not only contemporaries but even generations to come. Icon fashion already in its time as well as Celebrity Before this term was even “invented”, his choices in terms of clothing ended up influencing many designer contemporary so much so that their creations will be exhibited next to Cimeli and personal leaders of Maria antonietta as fragments of court clothes, Silk slippers And jewels belonging to his personal collection.

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Moschino Autumnainverno 2020.

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Created in collaboration with Manolo Blanhikwhich made the shoes worn by Kristen Dunst in Marie Antoinette Of Sofia Coppola of 2006, exhibited next to the original sketches, will give the opportunity for fans and curious to admire some of the costumes created by the Oscar -winning Milena Canonero.

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The shoes created by Monolo Blahnik for Marie Antoinette by Sofia Coppola.

The shoes created by Monolo Blahnik for Marie Anthout by Sofia Coppola.

Maria antonietta It was the most criticized and judged queen of history, so much so that her name is both synonymous with excess that of great taste. The Archduchess become sovereign had a huge impact on the European style already in its time, giving life to an ‘Original aesthetic fromappeal universal. This exhibition explores the style of the historical figure through a great variety of both items personal that of garments and objects inspired, created many decades after her disappearance. Its story was told with shades other than subsequent generations: what is certain, however, is that the mix of glamor, myth and tragedy do not stop fascinating the audience now as well as in the eighteenth century “explains the curator Sarah Grant.

Robo de Style in organza with artificial flowers inspired by the style of the French sovereign Victoria Amp Albert Museum.

Robo de Style In organza with artificial flowers inspired by the style of the French sovereign, Victoria & Albert Museum.

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The exhibition begins in 1770when Maria Teresa of Austria’s daughter was crowned, and tells how her style has formed over the years through mobile, musical instruments, porcelain, precious And clothes which testify to the taste and passions of the woman. It will even be possible to see a reproduction of the collier up close Boehmer and Bassenge which was at the center of the famous affaire from the necklace In 1784. Commissioned by Madame du Barry in 1772, it was stolen, reduced to fragments and resold later Bond Street. The reply will be next to the Sautair Sutherland Part of the V&A collection, which is believed to have been created with the original gems.

The collier The Sutherland Diamonds made with original diamonds from the series of the Queen of France ...

The necklace The Sutherland Diamonds Made with original diamonds from the Queen of France series © Victoria and Albert Museum

An earring belonging to Maria Antoinetta part of the Heidi Horten Collection © Sotheby's Bridgeman Images collection.

An earring belonging to Maria Antinetta part of the Heidi Horten Collection © Sotheby’s collection, Bridgeman Images.

A section of the exhibition entitled Marie Antoinette Re-Styled It will then be entirely dedicated to the ascending that the historical figure has had on our contemporaries. In fact, not only the creations of famous will be exhibited coutourier as Moschino, Dior, Valentino And Chanel but also shots of photographers like Tim Walker (at the opening) e Robert Polidori, That portrayed the rooms in which the Queen housed in Versailles alongside the costumes, accessories and images of the films that told the story of the fascinating sovereign.

A moment of Filma Marie Antoinette by Sofia Coppola from 2006.

A moment of Filma Marie Antoinette by Sofia Coppola from 2006.

The sketch for the Tourzel Habsburg shoes created for the film by Sofia Coppola da Manolo Blahnik.

The sketch for the Tourzel Habsburg shoes, created for Sofia Coppola’s film by Manolo Blahnik.

Andrea Grossi Primaveraestate 2021.

Andrea Grossi, spring-summer 2021.

The slippers that belonged to Marie Antoinette.

The slippers that belonged to Marie Antoinette.

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The wedding dress worn by the Duchess Hedvig Elisabeth Charlotta then queen of Sweden in 1774 was inspired by the ...

The wedding dress worn by the Duchess Hedvig Elisabeth Charlotta, then queen of Sweden, in 1774 was inspired by the style of Marie Antoinette.

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