LIBERTY EQUALITY FASHION: The Women Who Styled the French Revolution

Josephine Bonaparte, future Empress of France; Terezia Tallien, the most beautiful woman in Europe; and Juliette Recamier, muse of intellectuals, had nothing left to lose: they dared sartorial revolt. Together they shed the underwear cages and massive, rigid garments that women had been obliged to wear for centuries. Fully illustrated in color.