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WWMAD: Dealing with snarky, underminy women
Every Sunday, Marie Antoinette doles out the advice only she can give about love, life and relationships. To have the queen weigh in on your dilemma, email whatwouldmarieantoinettedo at wordpress dot com. Your majesty the Queen, I’m the new girl … Continue reading
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Tagged Advice, Classy, Eighteenth Century, Etiquette, France, lessons, Life at Court, marie antoinette, what would marie antoinette do, WWMAD
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Happy Birthday, Marie Antoinette!
Maybe you have a soft-spot for frippery, abundance and fun. Or maybe you are so into Marie Antoinette that you started a blog about her. Ahem. Regardless, you can consider paying tribute to her today, November 2, the anniversary of … Continue reading
WWMAD: A queen saves a joke for later
In this Sunday series, Marie Antoinette answers questions about love and life. To have your own question answered, send it along to whatwouldmarieantoinettedo at gmail dot com. Your highness, I’m absolutely mortified. While at a party my friends and I … Continue reading
Marie Antoinette’s Last Day
Marie Antoinette was taken to the scaffold today in 1793. She heard her sentence at 4 a.m. when the jurors filed into the hall. She was exhausted from a two-day trial accusing her of everything from espionage to … Continue reading
Exhibits of note for 18th Century-o-philes
Here are some more 18th century events from around the country if you are in these areas in the next few weeks. 1. Fashioning Fashion: European Dress in Detail, 1700-1915, October 2, 2010–April 3, 2011, Los Angeles Country Museum of … Continue reading
Posted in art, Cincinatti Museum, Events, exhibits, fashion exhibit, kent state Museum, Los angeles County Museum, museum events, thomas gainsborough
Tagged 18th Century France, art, Cincinnatti Museum, Cincinnatti Ohio, Eighteenth Century, Fashion exhibits, France, georgian england, Kent Ohio, kent state museum, Los angeles, los angeles County Museum of Art, photography, Thomas Gainsborough
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Marie Antoinette Halloween Costume Inspiration
We have dabbled a little in Marie-inspired dress in this previous post, but Halloween is coming and as we all know, further discussion is needed to perfect the ultimate costume. Elements of the Perfect Marie Antoinette costume: 1. The perfect … Continue reading
Posted in costume, Dresscode, halloween, halloween, masquerade, Modern Maries, Trinkets, WWMAD
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Marie tells a reader how to be gorgeous, stay slim, and how to have her cake and eat it too
In this Sunday Series, Marie Antoinette takes a break from her other wordly duties to guide mortals on their Earthly way. To send Marie your own question or dilemma, write to whatwouldmarieantoinettedo at gmail dot com. My Dearest Queen, Despite … Continue reading
Posted in appearance, france, Louis XV, Louis xvi, marie-antoinette, Modern Maries, The Good Life, the versailles glide, versailles, vigee le brun, WWMAD
Tagged Advice, Beauty, body image, Eighteenth Century, elizabeth taylor, France, Generic Hollywood Role Models, marie antoinette, Modern Marie, oprah, wendy williams, what would marie antoinette do, WWMAD
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Ballets! Exhibits! Mark your calendars for Marie Events!
Love Marie? I’ve tried to compile a range of events around the country for educatin’ and enculturatin’. Take a look. (And if you know of one I’ve missed, please share). 1. Oct. 29-30, Conference: Fictions of Art History, Clark, Williamston, … Continue reading
Posted in art, authors, ballet, museum events, WWMAD
Tagged 18th Century France, ballet, Eighteenth Century, events, France, houston ballet, metropolitan museum of art, New York, olivier bernier, versailles, wortham theater, WWMAD
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Marie Antoinette Cards…and a giveaway!
We’ve done our share of party planning but when I saw these Marie-inspired cards at a store near my house, I had to post them. They’re made by a card company called Calypso and they are fabulous. Cards for birthdays… … Continue reading
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Tagged 18th Century France, Buy Me!, calypso cards, Covet Me!, Covet This, Eighteenth Century, France, greeting cards, marie antoinette, milestone birthday, napoleon, Party, planning a marie antoinette party, Trinkets!
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Reader Mailbag: Addressing — and Recognizing — Proper Ladies
In this Sunday Series, readers ask the last queen of the Ancien Regime questions about etiquette, love and life. To have your question answered, write Marie Antoinette at whatwouldmarieantoinettedo at gmail dot com. Dear Queen ( I do not know … Continue reading
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Tagged Advice, Classy, don't be a whore, Eighteenth Century, Etiquette, France, lessons, what would marie antoinette do, WWMAD
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