Fashion is My Muse

Given my fascination for dresses, it probably comes as no surprise that I could not resist buying this book which is one in a series publi...

Portrait of the Archduchess Marie Antoinette by Martin van Meytens the Younger, 1767-1768 (Schonbrunn Castle, Vienna) In the many portraits...

Portrait of the Empress Eugenie dressed as Marie Antoinette by Franz Xaver Winterhaller, 1854, oil on canvas (the Metropolitan Museum of Art...

I was in New York on the weekend and did a fair share of gallery hopping including a retrospective of Elizabeth Peyton's work at the Ne...

This portrait of Marie Antoinette, entitled La Reine en Gaulle ( The Queen dressed in a Gaulle ), caused a scandal when it was shown at the...