Aileen Ribeiro's book explores the changes in dress during the French Revolution and links them with the rapidly shifting political climate. At a time of immense and violent change, clothing could sometimes be used to demonstrate either conformity or reaction to the prevailing situation. The author looks at the elaborate dress of French society and the court in the 1780s and the way in which plain clothing became identified with "democracy". The part played in the Revolution by the "sans-culottes" with their "bonnet rouge" and "pantalon", is explored, together with the role of militant women and the emergence of feminism. Paintings, engravings and fashion plates provide visual evidence of the clothing of the period. The author has also written "Dress and Morality".
- ISBN10 0713453524
- ISBN13 9780713453522
- Publish Date 5 October 1988
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 14 May 1992
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Pavilion Books
- Imprint Batsford Ltd
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 168
- Language English