How to Fashion a Neoclassical Queen
This heroine who inspired a nation’s resistance to Napoleonic globalization was pretty as a picture. She loved clothes for their own sake as much as for their symbolic value in propaganda. Like many a girly-girl, she had balls. After her death she was neutered. For over a hundred years, a series of mutations, adapted to reactionary politics and fascist myth, obscured the real woman and her self-made images almost entirely from view.
FULL TEXT reblogged from a contrablog, 2012
WHO IS LOUISE? WHAT IS SHE?
Schadow Prinzessinnengruppe (Crown Princess Louise and her younger sister Princess Frederica of Prussia) 1796 -7. Image: WGA
THE HUSBAND WHO LOVED UNIFORMS
BEING THE HEROINE’S SISTER
LOUISE OF PRUSSIA AND IMAGES OF FEMALE POWER
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Fascinating portrait of a remarkable woman. I knew very little about her, and it was interesting to read how she became “neutered” after death. You’ve spurred me to do more research on her. 🙂
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Sorry to hear that, Pippa. I had no idea things were that bad of course. I can only send my sincere hope that something improves for you soon. x
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You are marvellous, not me. I’m showing nothing but repeats. No home Internet at the moment, and soon no home. WordPress isn’t notifying me of anybody’s posts. Love from limbo x
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Nice to see you back, and with a re-blog that I hadn’t seen. Another captivating view of a woman who shaped not only the fashion of the day, but history itself. Marvellous as always.
As ever, Pete. x
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