The Woman Who Dressed Marie Antoinette (And Ran an Empire)

Rose Bertin was a milliner's daughter from a cloth town in northern France who ended up dressing Marie Antoinette twice a week in private, and built what might be the first modern fashion business along the way: a guild leadership, forty-odd staff, and a client list of fifteen hundred people stretching across the royal courts of Europe. This episode covers the chemise à la reine, the pouf hairstyles she designed alongside the hairdresser Léonard Autié, the business machinery behind "Le Grand Mogol," and what happened to her when the Revolution came for the queen she'd dressed for twenty years. ------------- Find our Podcast on Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon Music or where ever you listen to your podcasts. We have a Substack as well - https://thefashionmemoir1.substack.com/ ------------- Watch our other videos: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLM3OqLHVo6eGkl86dsCJlWdQg9UNuNoWm https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLM3OqLHVo6eH5hSfUOdjVzGLZxfJOKbeG -------------- 💬 Which fashion icon should we explore next? Let me know what you think in the comments. 👍 Like, 🔔 subscribe, and click the bell so you never miss an icon. https://www.youtube.com/@TheFashionMemoir ✨ Remember: in fashion as in life, be fearless and fabulous — this is The Fashion Memoir.