Le Caporal and our resident chocolate shop owner were able to visit the #marieantoinettestyle exhibition at Victoria and Albert Museum this week. The exhibition represents an international collaboration between several major museums across Europe, and features some incredible extant garments from the wardrobes of la Reine herself and her contemporaries, along with a wealth of other treasures of the Royal Household and France in the period.
We especially enjoyed the presentation of the events which led to her death, and several items from that turbulent time, which offers visitors a powerful opportunity to reflect on the impact of the luxury of the socio-economic elites of pre-Revolutionary France.
The exhibition runs until March, and is well worth a visit if you get the chance!
Le Régiment Gatinois 