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Viva la Cake Revolution! Site relaunch of this blog’s favorite Marie-inspired cakery
Your humble blog mistress received word that Cake Opera Co., the ultimate bakers of some very awe-inspiring historically inspired cakes [please see my post "Marie Cakes that will blow your mind" here], has re-booted its website and somehow upped its … Continue reading
Posted in birthday, Buy Me!, cakes, Covet this!, food, france, Interweb Marie, Louis XIV, marie-antoinette, Modern Maries, Plan a Marie Antoinette Party, Reader's Costumes, Rose Bertin, stationery, wedding, WWMAD
Tagged birthday, Cake, cookies, louis xiv, macarons, marie antoinette, Modern Marie, planning a marie antoinette party, Toronto, Wedding, WWMAD
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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
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Tagged 18th Century France, Advice, Etiquette, France, marie antoinette, Modern Marie, what would marie antoinette do, WWMAD
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Marie Antoinette gift guide Part Deux
Marie could not enjoy Black Friday because America was barely a nation in her day leaving no chance for a national holiday or coinciding retail extravaganza. This is a pity. Still, this is no reason to believe that Marie would … Continue reading
Posted in appearance, Buy Me!, costume, costume inspiration, Covet this!, Dress and style, dress code, Dressing as a modern Marie, Fashion, Gift guide, Interweb Marie, Invitations, marie-antoinette, Modern Maries, redingote, stationery, WWMAD
Tagged christmas, Fashion, gift guide, gifts, marie antoinette, Modern Marie, Stationery, what would marie antoinette do, WWMAD
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A queen finds something to believe in
Oprah has retired her day-time talk show, but luckily Marie Antoinette is available to step in where the media mogul has left off, sharing sage advice on love, life and whatever your heart desires. Send her an email at whatwouldmarieantoinettedo … Continue reading
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 appearance, ballet, book, Dress and style, dress code, Events, exhibits, exhibits, france, halloween, high tea, Interweb Marie, jennifer donnelly, lectures, Louis XVII, marie-antoinette, Modern Maries, museum events, music, Reader's Costumes, Sweets, The Good Life, versailles, WWMAD
Tagged Austria, Buy Me!, Columbia University, food, France, frick, high tea, lifestyle, marie antoinette, Modern Marie, New York, Rococophilia, sydney australia, travel, Versailles exhibit, westin, what would marie antoinette do, WWMAD
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Best for last! Halloween Maries
Can you believe Halloween is over? I can’t but I’m happy to say I saw the most creative range of costumes this year, especially of our darling queen. From Frida the Fairy, of DustyFairyTrashyMind, a friend of this site, who … Continue reading
Posted in appearance, costume, costume inspiration, Dress and style, Dressing as a modern Marie, Fashion, halloween, halloween, makeup, makeup, marie-antoinette, masquerade, Modern Maries, Reader's Costumes, readers' costumes, sandra lee
Tagged halloween, halloween costume, makeup, marie antoinette, marie antoinette halloween, Modern Marie, powdered hair, sandra lee, what would marie antoinette do, WWMAD
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Wanted: Your Marie Costume Photos
Halloween is just around the corner and I know that many of you are putting together very unique, very beautiful and very amazing Marie Antoinette costumes (or, in some cases, Georgiana of Devonshire). I’d love to see them and post … Continue reading
Posted in costume, costume inspiration, dress code, halloween, halloween, marie-antoinette, masquerade, Modern Maries, WWMAD
Tagged Fashion, halloween, makeup tutorial, marie antoinette, marie antoinette costume, marie antoinette halloween, Modern Marie, powdered hair, what would marie antoinette do, WWMAD
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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
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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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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