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Ask the Queen: How a queen gets noticed
Each week, the former queen of France moderates an advice column on this site, doling out wisdom based on her wide experience. to have the queen field your question, email whatwouldmarieantoinettedo at gmail dot com. Your majesty, I am short … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, Get respect, marie-antoinette, The Good Life, versailles, WWMAD
Tagged Advice, France, Get noticed, Louis XV, Louis XVI, marie antoinette, musings, redingote, thoughts, Trianon, versailles
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What things cost at Versailles
Ever wonder how you’d make out in 18th century France with a pitiable layman’s salary? Here’s your chance to see what the good life (and the regular life) actually cost. Priest’s salary, 250 livres Princesse Lamballe’s salary as a superintendent, … Continue reading
Posted in Life at Court, marie-antoinette, money, The Good Life, versailles, What things cost
Tagged 18th century, France, history, what things cost
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WWMAD: On Royal Bearing, Staying Calm and Carrying On
Marie Antoinette runs an honest-to-goodness advice column in this space every Sunday. To benefit from her sage experience, send her an email at whatwouldmarieantoinettedo at gmail dot com. Your majesty, I need your opinion. I’m a 20-something young woman and … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, appearance, france, marie-antoinette, Modern Maries, royal bearing, WWMAD
Tagged Advice, composure, France, marie antoinette, posture, power, royal bearing, what would marie antoinette do
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A queen asks “What advice can no modern Marie do without?
In this space your humble queen has fielded your questions about life and love and today turns the tables. Your majesty would like to hear the best advice you have ever gotten, that has stuck with you in some way, … Continue reading
Posted in Advice
Tagged 18th Century France, Advice, Etiquette, France, marie antoinette, Modern Marie, what would marie antoinette do, WWMAD
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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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High tea, Rocophilia, Android Marie, and one more fabulous Marie Antoinette Halloween Costume!
Hello, lovelies. Ready for the weekend? Not before I send you all the news that’s fit for a queen. Today’s links travel world and includes everything from hot pink hair, to 18th century robots to events worth planning a trip … Continue reading
Posted in WWMAD, Interweb Marie, Modern Maries, Sweets, marie-antoinette, france, versailles, The Good Life, dress code, halloween, museum events, ballet, appearance, Events, exhibits, Dress and style, music, book, jennifer donnelly, high tea, Reader's Costumes, lectures, Louis XVII, exhibits
Tagged Buy Me!, WWMAD, Modern Marie, marie antoinette, France, what would marie antoinette do, New York, lifestyle, westin, high tea, sydney australia, travel, food, frick, Rococophilia, Columbia University, Versailles exhibit, Austria
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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
A reader asks: How to dress like a Modern Marie
In this Sunday Series, Marie Antoinette makes sense of the world and how we live it. To ask your own question of the queen, email whatwouldmarieantoinettedo at gmail dot com. Madame Queen, How does one dress as a modern Marie … Continue reading
Posted in appearance, Buy Me!, Covet this!, Dress and style, Dresscode, Dressing as a modern Marie, Fashion, france, gaulle, marie-antoinette, Modern Maries, redingote, WWMAD
Tagged Advice, Anthropologie, Buy Me!, fall 2010 fashion, Fashion, France, gaulle, H & M, marie antoinette, Military trend, Modern Marie, statement necklace, tunic, what would marie antoinette do, WWMAD
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