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Liberty Equality Fashion: The Women Who Styled the French Revolution Hardcover – April 23, 2024

by Anne Higonnet (Author)
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Three women led a fashion revolution and turned themselves into international style celebrities.

Joséphine Bonaparte, future Empress of France; Térézia Tallien, the most beautiful woman in Europe; and Juliette Récamier, muse of intellectuals, had nothing left to lose. After surviving incarceration and forced incestuous marriage during the worst violence of the French Revolution of 1789, they dared sartorial revolt. Together, Joséphine and Térézia shed the underwear cages and massive, rigid garments that women had been obliged to wear for centuries. They slipped into light, mobile dresses, cropped their hair short, wrapped themselves in shawls, and championed the handbag. Juliette made the new style stand for individual liberty.

The erotic audacity of these fashion revolutionaries conquered Europe, starting with Napoleon. Everywhere a fashion magazine could reach, women imitated the news coming from Paris. It was the fastest and most total change in clothing history. Two centuries ahead of its time, it was rolled back after only a decade by misogynist rumors of obscene extravagance.

New evidence allows the real fashion revolution to be told. This is a story for our time: of a revolution that demanded universal human rights, of self-creation, of women empowering each other, and of transcendent glamor

120+ full color illustrations throughout
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    W. W. Norton & Company
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    April 23, 2024
  5. Dimensions
    7.3 x 1 x 9.3 inches
  6. ISBN-10
    0393867951
  7. ISBN-13
    978-0393867954
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"An original way of looking at history... I couldn't resist running through it." - Antonia Fraser

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"[A] persuasive argument for fashion’s part in politics… Charmingly illustrated, this fun and vibrant book combines deep research with a lightness of prose."
― Catherine Ostler, Wall Street Journal

"The stories of the book’s three muses are fascinating, and, for Higonnet, the revolution in clothing ushered by these women might shed light on ways we can tackle issues impacting the world today – issues related to sustainability, fair trade, cultural appropriation and gender identity."
― Dina Gachman, New York Times

"Liberty Equality Fashion is a triumphant examination of a fascinating moment in time as well as a blazing demonstration of how anything, even something as apparently innocuous as a petticoat, can make history."
― Lucy Moore, Literary Review

"A deeply scholarly, impeccably researched book that’s also a genuine page-turner. Liberty, Equality, Fashion reveals how inextricably global politics is woven into―even forged by―fashion and women’s personal, domestic lives. Using three influential women as a prism through which to examine one of the most critical and volatile eras in French history, Anne Higonnet combines the fine-grained observational skills of the biographer with the assured vision and far-ranging perspective of the historian. This is important and groundbreaking scholarship―exciting, new, and profoundly feminist."
― Rhonda K. Garelick, author of Mademoiselle: Coco Chanel and the Pulse of History

"I read Liberty Equality Fashion with enormous pleasure. It’s such an original way of looking at history and the female sex in particular. I couldn't resist galloping through it."
― Antonia Fraser, author of Marie Antoinette: The Journey

"A page-turner that reads like a novel but is based on serious research. Someone should make this book into a movie."
― Valerie Steele, editor of Pink: The History of a Punk, Pretty, and Powerful Color

"In this ideal text for fashion course curriculums and students of fashion history, Higonnet demonstrates her meticulous research in energetic prose that vibrantly captures the lives of these three revolutionary champions of chic European finery and women’s liberation. A passionately rendered history of three 'style mavericks' who ushered in a defining fashion revolution."
― Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

"As rigorous as it is fun, Higonnet’s narrative takes many insightful detours, from close readings of the era’s paintings to an overview of how colonial trade transformed France’s economy. It’s a captivating case study of fashion’s provocative role in politics."
― Publishers Weekly (starred review)

About the Author

Anne Higonnet is professor of art history at Barnard College, Columbia University, where she teaches a course called “Clothing.” She has received many awards, including Guggenheim and Harvard Radcliffe Institute fellowships.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ W. W. Norton & Company (April 23, 2024)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 304 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0393867951
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0393867954
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.8 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.3 x 1 x 9.3 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
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Josette
5.0 out of 5 stars Extremely pleased with this book!
Reviewed in the United States on August 29, 2024
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When I saw this book I thought - oh my goodness, a book on Empress Josephine AND empire fashion...I could hardly wait to get my hands on it. I have the book and I have read it already several times. It's great! Lots of information and lots of pictures. My only complaint would be that a lot of the pictures are quite small; too hard to try to make them out when they're that small. Other than that, I highly recommend this book. It's wonderful!
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5.0 out of 5 stars Fascinating Fashion History
Reviewed in the United States on April 27, 2024
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It was wonderful to finally find a new book about fashion in the French Revolution. As far as I know, the last in-depth, English-language book on this topic was published in the 90s, and historians have definitely learned a lot since then! The book features full-color images, mostly from paintings and fashion plates, which help bring the text to life. I highly enjoyed this up-to-date history, and look forward to reading more fashion history books from this author.
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Lea
5.0 out of 5 stars a must-buy for fashion history buffs
Reviewed in the United States on May 14, 2024
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It's only a matter of time before this book gets picked up for an HBO series! It's such an engaging true story about an important moment in fashion history. I loved all the visuals as well.
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Nick Lundgren
5.0 out of 5 stars Riveting
Reviewed in the United States on April 27, 2024
An unbelievable history that reads like a novel.
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Mary K Cron
1.0 out of 5 stars book was damaged please replace
Reviewed in the United States on August 27, 2024
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The back cover was torn in two This was expensive book!!!
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mc
5.0 out of 5 stars Exquisite book
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 20, 2024
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I bought this book on a whim, mainly because I read a review about its author and her work. It is such a joy to read about influential women of the French Revolution and their impact on fashion and their ability to challenge the status quo. I recommend it highly.
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