A Stitch in Time S01E06 Marie Antoinette

[@gabriellewarren1733]

"Damned for wearing too much silk; damned for wearing none."

[@elaineburnett5230]

That says it all, doesn't it?

[@LuzMaria95]

That’s actually so frustrating and sad.

[@alaskacosplay]

She really çouldnt win. She was expected to support the French Silk industry, and when she did, she was damned for being too opulent. And when she wasn't wearing it, she was still damned for it. Everyone forgets she was a child shipped off from Austria and thrust onto the throne of France without proper training prior to her departure

[@analisapena3086]

Wow, people are writing essays here on the comment section, just wanted to say it’s a really pretty dress.

[@mariagabbott]

Hahahaha 😂😂😭😭

[@wickedantionette]

Gee maybe there's more to it than simply being a "pretty dress" 🙄

[@jimmorrissy2276]

lol

[@18thcenturyfan]

On the note of how the gown wasn't as sheer as imagined in the reveal, I think it is important to take into context the quality difference in muslin available to Marie Antoinette then versus us today. I've heard that modern muslin just doesn't come close to dharka muslin,(extinct in plant and method until *very* recent efforts to revive it) and would've loved to hear them talk about that! It was supposedly so sheer that legend goes an emperor scolded his daughter for appearing in public naked, when she was, in fact, ensconced in seven layers of it. While modern muslin has a thread count of 40-80, dharka muslin had a thread count of 800-1200. This created a fabric so fine it was rumored to be made by mermaids, fairies, or ghosts. A yard of it could fit through a ring. A saree made of it could be folded into a matchbox! (Side note: I wonder if the gown Marie Antoinette kept hidden was made of dharka muslin? It would've been so easy to hide!) It would've been SO. COMFY. to wear for the chemise a la reine....you know, if you could get over your fear of accidentally damaging a fabric 26 times more expensive than silk.

[@Fucoc]

I have without luck tried to find this very fine 1800's muslin myself as I was trying to copy a norwegian christening gown. I didn't have the name for it though, so thank you for giving me a pointer to what to search for!

[@bettierusso5410]

Thank you for mentioning this ethereal muslin in history. I have been blessed to be born to a historical recreation period seamstress and be taught to sew over 60 yrs ago. This education became a passion to recreate period clothing as close as possible. There are so many lovely fabrics lost in time to extinction and the Dharka muslin is one of them. The closest I have ever come to see was a hand-loomed extremely fine cotton/silk blend that was so fine it was almost as if looking at a soft fog. I remember seeing it in my mother's sewing rooms in her "historical fabric reference" books. They were so very much like the ones you show in the museum of the swatches of fabrics HRM Marie Antoinette kept! My mother's were swatches she glued or stitched into a regular notebook. These were scraps over the years of her projects or costumes she made. I remember this muslin from a lesson she taught my sister & me about how to tell fabric content by burning a corner of a scrap. She would not let us test it as it was so rare, but we were allowed to feel the fabric...like a soft baby's breath or whisp of hair on your cheek...I have never forgotten it! She told us that this "muslin" was actually made in the deep South many many years before we saw it. She only had a scrap left. It was not the actual Dharka you speak of, but she said it was a "remake replica" of historical muslin and she had been commissioned to make a baby's gown and she was allowed to keep the leftover fabric and chose to make me a baby dress with it. I have one picture of me wearing it at about a year old.

[@kyleanuar9090]

I've heard of this material before but not what it's called, thank you for igniting the interest.

[@dominaevillae28]

The muslin in this dress doesn’t look as sheer as in the painting.

[@leavingitblank9363]

I'm glad they acknowledged on the show that she was damned for being too ostentatious and damned for being inappropriately casual.

[@LifeInPink999]

They hated her since she arrived. The previous king wasted probably more in only one of his mistresses that Marie in her whole life. Marie Antoinette was the one to blame for the crisis caused by previous monarch. No one wanted to cut the head of the previous king for constructing a palace for his mistress, for purchasing them dresses and jewelry, for disrespecting his wife parading them with him without any shame. Something his son never did. She adopted poor children thee of them raised with her own and treated like her own. They even appear in portraits with her and her kids. No one talks about this things. It’s easier to blame a teenager who suddenly become a queen without any preparation for it. Same for the king Louis XVI his father was too occupied whoring than educating his son to the point that it took him seven years to consummate the marriage and of course the queen was to blame... so sad.

[@paulmcgee1867]

LifeInPink999 you’re jumping kings

[@janicerodriguez2139]

Yes, I believe what Paul was trying to say is that Louis XVI or Louis Augustewas actually the previous king's grandson, not his son. Since his son Louis, Dauphin of France died in 1765 his grandson Louis-Auguste became the heir to the throne. Only reason he became heir was because his older brother, also Louis, Duc of Bourgogne died of tuberculosis. Otherwise he probably wouldn't have made it to be king unless his brother passed while on the throne possibly many years later. Hence he would've had the maturity needed to make his own decisions and not take his council at their word. Louis XVI's council failed him greatly and you're right about his grandfather. The man was the constant libertine even in his old age, not very different his own great-grandfather, the Sun King Louis XIV. The man thought himself magnanimous and was a well-known player !

[@unrepentantjaegerist7236]

Don't forget she was hated also because she was a foreigner

[@Astavyastataa]

Not to mention one of the children was actually from Africa and after the death of his parents, was cast out onto the streets from his school, where he eventually died.

[@liltrooper29]

I agree, her life was actually quite tragic.

[@adaorahines]

Why is this not on Netflix

[@zoehannah6278]

@shaman's flight exactly, fuck netflix!

[@marinazagrai1623]

Honestly, people would not be interested in this; we, (those of us who look up theses types of series, know we find them here).

[@mrsn00del]

They have a movie about marie on it tho

[@andrewpalframan4666]

Why do people obsess about frigging Netflix?? This channel is a thousand times more interesting than that Murican rubbish!

[@marinazagrai1623]

@@andrewpalframan4666 Netflix is good for other reasons...my husband and I watch certain series made only for N. They have some really good det series, for example.

[@2charliep]

I WISH the BBC would do another series of this, I loved every moment.

[@ChristChickAutistic]

I do wish Rose Bertin had been mentioned, the woman who created many of Marie's gowns, she is a story all her own.

[@AirQuotes]

Stuff you missed in history just did a story about her

[@TheLadybughug]

🥺😮 my French teachers last name was Bertin. She also made her own clothing

[@julie5310]

Thank you for the info.

[@denasewell]

Right! I cannot believe they didn't mention her at all!

[@user-wm9vj6qr5o]

The dolls she made for the court are in Ardmore, OK in their library…FOR REAL! They’re also deteriorating because the woman’s money, whose doll collection is there, ran out and they just have them in cases. Someone has tried to steal them too!!! But the dolls are dressed in fabrics she used for making dresses for Marie Antoinette!

[@ohsuzeyq_]

Marie Antoinette's real trauma wasn't that she lost her status or the luxury of Versailles... Her husband was executed months prior. She and her children were torn apart in the prison. She became very ill and was suffering a great deal. She was immensely stressed and worried about her children and herself of course. She was grieving Louis... She was alone and afraid. Condemned for crimes she did not commit.

[@lindsey7951]

"Condemned for crimes she did not commit." She was the queen consort of a starving France, advised Louis badly on how to handle the revolutionaries only contributed to the division of class wealth and health in the country at the time. Definitely not innocent of the crimes.

[@marcelagarcia3925]

@@lindsey7951 oh come on, don't you know they fabricated accusations that she had raped her own son and forced the child to sign it

[@efma3589]

​@@lindsey7951 If you read a little bit you will also see that she was accused of incest and pedophilia with her son saying what she forced him to masturbate and other things when it was not true and the child was forced with torture to say those things against his mother in court, there was a lot of gossip also like the necklace issue that she never bought and the cake thing that she never said but eventually she was not completely innocent.

[@olavwilhelm6843]

and that refers how to this Docu ??

[@Lazydaisy646]

​@@lindsey7951 she didn't know about that, she was separated from them. In that way she was innocent

[@acey850]

The costumiers were really good in making that replica. I am in awe at their laborious albeit beautiful work.

[@PandoraKyss]

There is some debate in the comments about why Antoinette wore that muslin dress, that perhaps she was playing at being a maid or trying to reconnect to her own relatively relaxed youth. I personally think that she simply found it comfortable. She could take walks on the grasses at the Trianon, and the flowing fabric lent an almost dreamlike air. Her alleged mockery of the peasants is untrue, as the people who actually worked at her hamlet and farm were themselves peasants and she only spent time there, with her family and closest friends, to relax without the leering intrigue of the court. Imagine being watched all day, every single day, and someone finally offers you a place where you could escape. The reason so many horrific rumors flew around about mad orgies at the Trianon or her mocking her own subjects is that those very rumors were started and spread by jealous nobles who felt slighted at not being invited.

[@PandoraKyss]

As an aside, the painting of her in said muslin dress and floppy hat is one of my favorites of her. She wanted to be shown natural, with her strawberry blonde hair left unpowdered and her cheeks free of the usual swathes of rouge. The painting was also one of her own favorites, but it caused a huge scandal when it was shown as people decried it as depicting the Queen in her underwear. The painting was replaced with a very similarly posed painting of a rose holding Antoinette in a pale blue gown and with her hair artfully arranged and powdered, and her cheeks reddened with rouge. Of course, the damage had already been done years before, and no painting could rectify what was coming.

[@grittykitty50]

Richie, I agree with you. I do not believe MA was mocking peasants or playing at being a milk maid. If it is true that she was a fan of Rousseau, then I believe MA was trying to find the natural woman in herself, trying to extricate herself from all of the pomp and circumstance of French court life, which apparently was quite different from Austrian court life, by engaging in simple, nature focused tasks. Ladies of high birth were not expected to "do" anything other than bear heirs to the throne and engage in light, esthetic activities. And actually, noble men were not allowed to "do" anything except hunt and gamble. It was vulgar for nobility to engage in manual labor or a trade and was one of the reasons why many monarchs were illiterate: it was unnecessary for them to be able to read. I think she would have been vilified no matter what she did. Someone above compared MA to Princess Diana and I think it is a good comparison. Diana was a young, idealistic woman thrust into rigid court life and every time she tried to show some humanity, she was criticized for it.

[@Lolibeth]

@@PandoraKyss Oh her hair is definitely powdered in that portrait. Powdering was part of the cleaning and styling process, like dry shampoo. But it's definitely 'second day hair' so much more relaxed and there isn't enough powder to drastically change her hair color. She's still wearing a lot of rogue.

[@echantllezpae7836]

i would have cried reading the wardrobe book my god

[@morganolfursson2560]

In the beginning of the video when she is talking in front of Versailles , i don't understand how the sound is so good in spite of the wind. Her blouse is flapping endlessly but her voice is crystal clear, and she not wearing a microphone so the overhead mic is absolutely phenomenal. Serious respect to the sound engineers.

[@yogawarriorgirl]

Utterly in love with her outfit this episode. The ruffles on the shirt, the cameo at the collar, the breeches... I want it!

[@kellydesilva6733]

Her clothes are more costume than actual fashion. I find what she was wearing distracting. The hair color and cut, the turban, right down to the shoes, made her look clownish to me.

[@Nico6th]

The British really make the best docu-shows. I watched the "Painting challenge", the "Victorian Farm" and "Escape to the castle"... Now I found another one!

[@kailynrudd7937]

I have not heard of any of these. Do tell.

[@cocogomez1987]

Omg Victorian chemist is also really good. Ruth is there !!

[@sarahshaw6164]

there's also an edwardian farm, and several other shows with the same people. victorian pharmacist, i think they did a wartime one too

[@anudarib]

Also watch any Lucy Worsley shows, just amazing These British presenters know their stuff and are very charming

[@elaineburnett5230]

@@anudarib Yes they do...🤗

[@opheriayu]

thank you for bringing life to this dress, for humanising the person behind it and goash, this series is beautiful. Many people forget she was never French but Austrian first and was thrust into a world she never really wanted and was so young, then also in a time where she would never be truly loved by her also young husband who too didn’t want the responsibility and role. Thank you and please continue. Props to the seamstresses for their work and everyone making this series possible 👏👏👏👏👏😍😍😍👍💖

[@rosestewart1606]

opheria Madara yes exactly. And she was so young. It's similar in some ways to Princess Diana who actually thought she was marrying somebody who loved her and she was ridiculed for so many things she did...even for trying to fight against land mines. Wow it's just so sad how women are the lightning rods even when their husbands are creating the trouble.

[@moisepicard3417]

+opheria Madara. Empress Catherine the Great of Russia was born Prussian. And, yet she transformed into an Imperial Russian monarch.

[@moisepicard3417]

Rose Stewart Really? You're going to compare Diana to Queen Marie Antoinette? What's next you're going to compare her The Queen (btw who is also another great beautiful historical Queen.)

[@Udontkno7]

@@moisepicard3417 I was just about to say that. Marie could've started a coup, but whatever, it's history!

[@marinazagrai1623]

Listen, she was unlucky to have been around Versailles during those tumultuous times, but at least she didn't marry in her own family (Hapsburgs were involved in incestuous relationships/marriages). Yes look it up...the Hapsburg jaw (one ex; a famous Hapsburg died relatively young, and when they did an autopsy they found malformations resulting from these intermarriages)!

[@rahmaberriche1882]

Marie Antoinette was and will always be an amazing woman who lived in the wrong period of time with the wrong people married to the wrong man ... she was never accepted and that's not her fault, she was actually special and her personality out shined the rest of the court and royalty members, that's why everyone hated her .

[@nancyvontesse1113]

Exactly :)

[@zararoyce319]

Exactly, there is nothing more dangerous than a group of jealous bitter women who resent you because they perceive that you have things that they do not have or have freedoms that they do not have or whatever. I remember when I was in college I had the misfortune of getting involved in this extremely toxic student organization that operated very similar to a royal court LOL in a manner of speaking and it was just absolute misery thank God I finally got out of there and enjoyed the rest of my college experience but I can’t even imagine being stuck in a setting like that and not being able to leave to just simply separate

[@BlackNoiseCat]

Yeah everyone is the problem not her

[@datroy3647]

In this time period she’d be such an icon

[@s.e.landeros280]

It still happens today, we have real eccentric individuals that get looked down on or belittled. Instead of enjoyed & adored. Life always repeats itself. Usually on the sad parts of life. Never good or happiness. We need to love & learn from lifes odd balls. 💞

[@PandoraKyss]

For anyone interested in the role that fashion played in Antoinette's life and time, I highly recommend the book 'Queen of Fashion, What Marie-Antoinette Wore to the Revolution' by Caroline Weber.

[@spy6205]

one of my favorites, excellent taste!

[@therealmlw]

I love Marie Antoinette so much and I have always felt that no matter what she did the people would damn her for it... She gets accused of spending millions on clothes and then she cuts back and is accused of shutting down industries for not spending enough!

[@raywhite7179]

Of course they would. She was Austrian and Austria was an age old enemy of France. Her hubby didn't help things -- he didn't really trust her either so he helped those rumors along. She was the proverbial outsider of an enemy nation so it was to pin the blame on her. On the other hand, the people were suffering during that period. Their businesses, businesses the crown would normal have supported, were going out of business because of lack of business. This was because the crown had no money (because of the US independence war.) So, from the POV of the people, it did seem like it was Marie's fault -- if she didn't spend so much money, she could've been buying our stuff. She's Austrian. This must be some ploy to ruin us. It was a perfect storm. An outsider enemy of which her hubby was will to push the blame for his father's bad money practices on to. And she historically still carries that blame.

[@av782]

People also forget that she was a child (14) when she was married. And she was the youngest girl of her family - literally no one expected her to amount to anything so she wasn't educated in the same way other siblings might have been. Expecting her to conduct herself like an adult with political savvy is ridiculous. For sure she was damned no matter what she did. She was there to serve a public function and to be used. Even on her way to be executed, when she accidentally stepped on the foot of the executioner she apologized to him.

[@sophiejones7727]

quite true, the real cause of the French Revolution was never Marie Antoinette, but Louis XIV. His arrogance, abrasive style, and habit of making arbitrary changes just to test people's loyalty was what they were really angry about. Although Louis XV and Louis XVI were less bad, they were in the same vein. Marie Antoinette is largely a convenient scapegoat since she was foreign and very visible to the public. She didn't help the situation, where a more savvy queen could have done perhaps, but she wasn't ultimately the real reason why any of it happened. And of course one must be careful about speaking with the benefit of hindsight, since she didn't have that. All her decisions must have seemed like good ideas at the time.

[@ladyboywonder9139]

Therealmlw can be seem either way actually Depending on perspective On the other side one could argue that she consistently gave the middle finger to society by .. doing what she did I think there were a number of elements first of all the times were changing .. Address they created in this video is nearly Victorian which is the beginning of the new era and new look Show for that she was a pioneer However as always being a pioneer you are by proxy giving the finger to society Required Road she would’ve work restrained Silks Goldilocks porridge, not too little not too much But what she did and reversed was one extreme to the other saying fuck you each time This is just one way to look at it I do really love her myself I find her fascinating, paying special attention to the time in which she lived in the changes under which society was under going at that time

[@MissCaraMint]

Sophie Jones I dissagree about it being Louie XIV’s fault. The idea of the enlightened despot is there for a reason. No the problem is the times. Had there been a strong leader then they would probably have navigated the times, Louis XVI was however simply alright. Added to this was the overspending on the American Revolution and the actual state of the tresury departemen, and reasently there is also reason to belive tainted crops(for if eaten they would be subtily poisoned into paranoia) also contributed.

[@Cecilia13241]

She wore the peasant style dress to appear as a humble lady. She tried to say that she relates to the citizen's troubles. And that she is just like everybody else. But of course that can seem like a huge insult or mockery.

[@kezkezooie8595]

I think mainly (until she was painted wearing that style, when she perhaps wanted to make a statement to appear less ostentatious, not knowing whichever way she went she'd be villified for it) it started out for comfort. If you've ever worn period costume, you would be amazed at how heavy it all is and, even though she and her ladies still wore stays, it would have been incredibly comfortable in comparison to the heavy silks with all of the crinolines etc that went with it. There was also the weight of jewellery, hair jewels and formal wigs.

[@rosestewart1606]

kez kezooie I agree with this. She wore public dress for mass in the morning and evening dinners. This was her at-home clothes for in between...the clothes that we all have but don't always admit to.

[@alisabarac]

I think the fact that people saw it as an insult is so sad and unfortunate. Even in our time, people are offended by the smallest things, sometimes things that have nothing to do with them...

[@Cecilia13241]

Alisa Barac They were starving and looking for someone to blame

[@moisepicard3417]

Cecilia13241 It never seem like a huge insult nor a mockery at all. Yet, the people just wanted to take it as a huge insult and mockery.

[@alisabarac]

Marie Antoinette is a real icon! Someone who I've admired for so long and I think she was so misinterpreted and misunderstood. I absolutely love that book of fabrics! That was a magical moment. I would love to see that book in person and be able to experience something that was part of Marie Antoinette's life!

[@pimenel]

I'm so lucky to come across this gem! History? Insights into how a garment was sewn? I'm watching all the episodes I can find of this series.

[@amysmith280]

pimenel Do you watch Ultimate Fashion History? You’re sure to like that.

[@viemuf1441]

Amy Smith: thanks a lot for the hint, I am watching it right now :-)

[@etelkaborza3075]

@@amysmith280 where can I watch that?I am from Romania so I don't have BBC4

[@Alona86]

They hated her because she wasn't French

[@marilamar9899]

Same!!! BBC makes the best history documentaries!

[@janebeckman3431]

Cotton was not an underwear material. Linen was used for underwear. Cotton, especially fine-grade cottton, was still a relatively expensive material.

[@miriamhavard7621]

But it DID look similar to "petticoats" or "pantaloons".

[@talosheeg]

They started using cotton in the 18th century but linen was more popular

[@veronicaave4787]

The dress they made is phenomenal the intricate detail was beautiful

[@erntefreude]

Beautiful gown, and in fact, Princess Diana's wedding gown WAS, indeed, based on this "Shepherdess" gown of Maria A. I learned a lot, from watching the historical seamstresses work on recreating the controversial gown. Thank you.

[@brianbaron6847]

I have seen Diana’s wedding gown when it was on tour , and fortunately there was no time pressure , so I could spend as long as I wanted , to take it all in . I can’t see any connection from that , to this gown . The only similarity is puffy sleeves . I have been fortunate to see all her dresses when they were on tour and got to spend hours studying them ( although they were behind glass ) .

[@CaladonianQueen]

Who is this presenter and why is she so fabulous?!?!?!

[@shazzye5920]

Kate Roy her name is Amber Butchart and she is quite fabulous!!! I think I may need to go back to that violet tone of red on my next touch up!!! 🤣 Her show on BBC4 is called “A Stitch in Time” if you live in the UK.

[@deannastevens1217]

Shazzy E >>>. YOU GO WOMAN!!!!!

[@citizen1163]

Shazzy E Her love of the subject is a joy to see.

[@grettelsanchez5505]

Her super chic clothes

[@darkgardevoir99]

Honestly, her fringe is hair goals! I've wanted one like hers since forever

[@clod8]

They don’t mention that the cotton for this dress is now an extinct species that came from India, and was incredibly gossamer and expensive. This is pre-industrial revolution-it would’ve been spun and woven by hand.

[@Applepear893]

It’s such a beautiful piece, and it’s sad that people thought of her wearing this in the painting as vulgar. I think that the chemise makes Marie Antoinette look ethereal and lovely

[@cielantoinette7481]

the woman with the red bob reminds me of madame red from black butler

[@ninie6977]

That's EXACTLY what I thought when I fist saw her!

[@Halexstrasza]

Ciel Antoinette yessss

[@darkgardevoir99]

Yes! Even the bangs are the same!!

[@dawnssful]

@Helen Gillis Black Butler is a Japanese anime.

[@BlackbirdLilian]

OMG I thought the same thing

[@carolwalters7069]

The ladies that recreated this dress and stays did an awesome job! It looks very lovely. Just beautiful. Very talented seamstresses indeed!

[@willshedo]

These series should have many more shows! I could watch these over and over.

[@jennifersantiago8747]

At 23:00 He made a perfect summary of what was really happening in France during this time and finally seeing Amber wearing that Marie Antoinette dress moved me to tears, she looks beautiful and at the same time it´s a beautiful way to remember the life of this poor queen.

[@jbusch7173]

The presenter has such a good voice for this. And she's incredibly articulate, it was easy to listen to her and to follow what she's saying.

[@gargoylecat2179]

She also never said "Let them eat cake"

[@sneezyteaches5339]

Crow Face the presenter didn't say she did. "And you can really see why that misquote "let them eat cake" really stuck when you look at this dress" Misquote. She knew Marie Antoinette never said it.

[@italiancia]

That's true she never did say that and did you know that George Bush was one of her offspring's

[@yourfavwonch]

No, she wanted the people to "Let them have their cake and eat it too". A euphemism for rights, not just eating cake lol

[@cabriacousins2714]

@@yourfavwonch the actual quote was, "let them eat brioche" which was allegedly said by her upon hearing that peasants had no bread. There is no definitive proof that she said this, but the recollection appears in Jean-Jaques Rousseau's sixth book of confessions.

[@zararoyce319]

No definitely not, and people also forget that she came from what was considered for that time to be an extremely extremely philanthropic court in Austria where her own mother of the grand Duchess would go out and organize the distribution of food to the presence, her experience in childhood was something very very different in terms of people‘s approach to helping others and being involved in that way if she ever did say something similar or anything it would’ve been more like a serious statement, like to actually give them some thing from the Royal kitchens type of a thing And after all, she was a human being like everyone else, just like how she adopted that one little boy and then story goes that when she was able to have her own children she kind of forgot about him he still lived in the palace and he was still taken care of but things changed, and that’s a very deep and complicated situation no it wasn’t ideal no definitely not but it was a woman acting on her emotions and really trying to do something nice

[@malibooo]

I’m so happy I found this video! Now I understand the line in Sofia Coppola’s Marie Antoinette movie where she gives orders to have a lighter dress made, just before the little farm scene.

[@jenniferhorton6965]

They are both stunning, but the Marie Antoinette dress, my so incredibly beautiful. Wonderful job everyone to bring this part of history to light is wonderful to learn.

[@petitebaje]

Madam Red come to life. This really changed my perspective on Marie Antoinette. I thought to myself that perhaps she wore something like that as a child and someone below mentions this. If so, she truly was trying to liberate herself from her regular flashy garbs, but her mistake was showing the portrait at the salon. Which maybe was her hope that the look would be accepted. Regardless of that however, the people of France at that time just didn't love her or their King. They weren't taking care of France.

[@Mollypop713]

This is such a wonderful film. I actually got a bit emotional towards the end when we came to understand how she was always destined to be hated no matter what she did. I think a lot of us can empathize with that

[@brreed71]

Very reminiscent of Coco Chanel.

[@itsacarolbthing5221]

Fabulous. I'm obsessed with Marie Antoinette. I love the sound of shears cutting through material. It's a sound that i completely associate with my mother, whom i miss profoundly. She was an amazing seamstress, and made all of clothes until I was about 16.

[@loraleeneg9839]

After getting a better idea of the pressure Marie Antoinette was under at the time, seeing the dress, gives me a sense of awe and sadness. Great series

[@yesterdaydream]

Why is this chick living MY best life omggg

[@nanxywang7577]

OMG! She was my Cultural study tutor at university!

[@kailynrudd7937]

Seriously?

[@paraboo8994]

Lucky you! Oh my God, I can only imagine how great it must be to get to work with someone so knowledgeable ❤

[@geoxby]

Same! London college of fashion? X

[@yerabbit6333]

imagine having to wear eighteenth century courtly dress all the time...seems like it would be the same as wearing a parade float. totally understandable to want to wear something comfy or to try and change the fashion, too bad it backfired (probably because she was so unpopular)

[@atkinseh]

Try thinking about wearing English Regency court dress. That'll give you some spine chills.

[@lilMissF0F0]

I could imagine marie antoinette herself turning around happily with this light weight dress abd the trend she (didnt live to know) created. Ok. Summer project number 1, create this dress. I truly loved its very charming!

[@hazeldecker622]

I absolutely adore the style of the narrator!

[@VVB1tcj]

Is that Madame Red from Kuroshitsuji?! Oh my god, she looks soooo alike!

[@Titanic_401]

I'm so glad I found this series. I wish they gave her a straw hat tho.

[@empirehistorian7729]

The red head only wants to wear her own turbans.

[@kailynrudd7937]

But if the goal is historical accuracy in production, she'd have to get milliners on board and also rifle through the details of hats of the era. Anything less put next to the flawless methods of the seamstresses would be too great a dichotomy.

[@judithvergis8311]

I'm glad u found it too...I thought u drowned a century ago

[@Titanic_401]

@@judithvergis8311 oh my god so funny never heard that one before

[@jamesmodlin6279]

History is harsh on Marie Antoinette. She was a teenage girl! She was thrust into an arraigned marriage with the pressure of two kingdoms to produce a male heir.

[@booliev3275]

yes, actually she was a 38 years old teenager when she died. And she was forced into a arranged marriage... like every princes and princesses at that time. Poor Marie Antoinette.

[@mariarodriguez1880]

*sigh* everytime i hear about Marie Antoinette i always feel so bad for her. She was given the worst circumstances and people weren't understanding of her at all. 😩

[@dawns1978]

Every piece they created was a work of art! The whole thing is just magical.

[@cabriacousins2714]

I'm just gonna say it: Amber reminds me greatly of Madame Red from Black Butler. Her hairstyle is a dead ringer, and this is definitely a compliment. Fabulous.

[@crazygarnett]

It reminds me of regency fashion. They mention muslin a lot in Pride and Prejudice. I guess she was just ahead of her time.

[@TheFaithb420]

Right! Same here... I love the simple Regency-era style muslin dresses, actually!

[@ianmyers9853]

I agree she was ahead of her time in a fashion sense. It's rather ironic; her simple formed garments, that were so shocking and unfavored, would become the style in the late 18th century and early 19th century

[@caligulalonghbottom2629]

that was due to Napoleon though wasnt it? The style was adopted after the reign of terror ended possibly in reference to those who were killed by the guillotine. It was simply done in a more roman or greek style to fit in with the neoclassical rage of the time. Look at everything during the era, furniture, art etc was very much modeled after ancient looks.

[@JelleSophie]

Lisl G McCredy Queen Marie-Antoinette had a great friendship with the Duchess of Devonshire: Georgina. So you can see the impact of her fashion statements spreading. :D

[@Lolibeth]

The high-waisted dresses evolved from the chemise a la reine dresses. If you want to see the in between step, search for 1790s round gowns, particularly around 1795-6.

[@rosea2350]

This is so beautiful, I’ve never seen a video that did Marie such justice; she was really just a beautiful woman that wanted a beautiful life and tragically never got her dream.

[@Ghost-wy3iw]

I really didn’t know what to expect for the final reveal but...wow. It was moving

[@Ghost-wy3iw]

And her hair, ugh that cut. I argue it looked stunning with the dress

[@curious-kat]

As a fan of French history ( especially Marie Antoinette and the French Revolution) watching her wardrobe book feels amazing!!! It must be an amazing experience to stand there, so close to it and hold it. Wow!!!

[@rosemarymonty5399]

Again the Lady Seamstresses have done a phenomenal job on the dress. Lovely work and also the history involving the dress.

[@ZER07994]

When I visited Versailles a few years ago, I listened to the audio guide while touring the palace. Apparently, Marie Antoinette frequently had herself and her ladies-in-waiting dressed up as peasant girls and milkmaids and have a garden decorated like a farm with cows for the purpose of role-playing. To her peasantry and poverty was just an abstract idea and fantasy. She never truly cared for the people rather she was weirdly fascinated by such a different world outside Versailles.

[@zararoyce319]

Firstly, in the aftermath of the revolution it’s very difficult to really know what was actually done and what was a totally fabricated story. For also, I would say that it’s very difficult to expect somebody to understand and therefore be empathetic to something that they simply do not understand. You can only go so far in the process if it is something that you know nothing about, all you can really do is sort of empathize in a general way but you cannot have a very deep profound feeling about it the way that someone who knows The experience can. Like in the same way that I was who are privileged to live in the United States cannot really know what it’s truly like to live in a very desolate part of Africa for example, even if we visit it’s still not the same thing, we can gain some understanding there is some understanding possible but we cannot know what it’s like to be born and raised and brought up like that and truly get it. Somebody who’s never been homeless cannot fully appreciate that.

[@acninee]

It's worth mistrusting those things a little. Its an official French landmark and tells the story that is politically correct rather than the story that is historically correct. History is written by the victors.

[@Hlessirah]

Why is it that the presenter reminds me of Madame Red and also Effie Trinket? Love her!

[@kaisanderson9616]

I love this show so much I can watch it over and over again. Wish there were 20-30 more episodes.

[@Ohlalasatan6969]

Wow!!! The dress came out incredibly amazing! The ladies who made it are absolutely gifted! 💕

[@PrettyBoyKii]

I must say, this outfit is my favorite so far. I love the way it's been picked and created to reflect the wardrobe of the french boys at the time. Absolutely brilliant.

[@virtualworldvixen]

This is my favorite episode and girl that outfit she is wearing is EVERYTHING 👏

[@freedolphin3077]

It is a beautiful dress,and you can totally understand Marie Antoinette's choice of it. This dress says the true Marie Antoinette,good job to the team recreated it so spot on.

[@opheliasloveshack]

This era is the most beautiful to me. I wish the clothes were still easily accessible. I’m so glad I discovered this show!

[@Molfish]

This is like a beginners class in dressmaking! In my experience it’s very easy to pull a thread!!

[@rosslynstone]

good for you.i look forward to your documentaries

[@alethialovetosew]

Marie Antoinette's story was heart wrenching. This episode was the best so far.

[@bradleykoslan3110]

Marie Antoinette my favorite queen of any era and of any time period!!! ❤️❤️❤️

[@TheLadybughug]

Love the presenter, and how she brought this episode to light. Jealous of those amazing eyes! Just hearing those scissors cut through that amazing fabric makes me want to run to my sewing machine. I would never have been able to cut the brocade. I'd be shaking lol!

[@mackenziedrake]

Fascinating to find this after weeks of studying the modern 'poverty chic' that has been so prevalent the last several years. Thank you!

[@celenaphelps2585]

Please add more of these. This is soooooo very interesting to a seamstress. How these garments are constructed is fascinating.

[@alexac4293]

IT IS MADAME RED

[@Jasmine-kf7kw]

Alexa C. WEEB

[@yzylarheanpulido5626]

We have the same thoughts XD she does look like madame red

[@shysensei2348]

Exactly

[@lisakilmer2667]

This episode did a great job of analyzing the garment, the social rules of the day, and discussing the complex character of the queen. Without going into the political issues and details of M-A's life, a lot of good historical information was imparted in a mere half-hour. I wish the series was twice as long.

[@jessicamorales2555]

this documentary has been a learning experience for me, as i see a new, more human perspective of Marie Antoinette that any other historian has been able to provide to me in the past.

[@johnpauljones9244]

Fabulous dress, fabulous host, fabulous series. Thanks dear for bringing to life, this extraordinary, dress.

[@ontheedge9708]

Aww girl this red Bob is beautiful! It's cut so perfectly to mimick the shape of your brows and the black hat was a staple fashion asscesory from the 1920s- my favorite era!

[@eileenvandernoot3867]

On the edge she is saying her name with a French accent.

[@heathdugas2080]

I want to make this. Exactly the way Marie Antoinette's seamstress would make it. his is a fabulous dress.

[@LadyJ_88]

I adore this show. I wish they made more seasons :(

[@kelllykelly1]

That white dress is so pretty! I would love to wear something like that for my wedding.

[@meme-sw1pc]

I love this show,I just wish they had made more seasons, it is so nice to watch a show that is just so good.

[@RoaringMind]

This is a fantastic documentary. It's fascinating to see how Marie Antoinette's clothing reflected her status and state of mind.

[@samigirixp9880]

I freakin love Ambers outfits especially in this video and these episodes are just so amazing and interesting !

[@mplight2941]

I'm dying...i must have it. I'm making this for myself.

[@danij1586]

Those ladies did an incredible job recreating that dress. Wow, it turned out amazing.

[@benjaminhill2772]

I love how alive she makes her feel also I think I found my new favourite historical dress apsurlootly beautiful

[@Veronensis]

I hope they are going to make a season two of this show!! I loved all the episodes.

[@racheltania4498]

This was a very fascinating program. I love it, and the part where the presenter got to look through actual books Marie held in her hands makes the history geek in me just squeeeeeee

[@GhosstRyder]

I just discovered this channel and find it FASCINATING! I have always been attracted to Marie A and all of her Magnificent attire. These garments that were created by these very TALENTED, SKILLED individuals is ABSOLUTELY GORGEOUS! ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@paradiseana1]

I'm always so amazed and envious of individuals that can create/design in modern times. Also, gifted to recreate with modern substitutions something that,was done centuries before. When your gifted in certain areas like the designer featured in this episode you can do just about anything. Beauty and fashion has had it's fashion heroines in every century like Marie Antoinette.

[@RoseEAcuna]

Amber's outfits are always eye-catching, and her hair is iconic. An interesting character indeed.

[@Vidowatcha]

What a great show. Were they wrong about the execution dress, though? I could be wrong, but I had read that Marie Antoinette argued strongly to wear a black mourning dress for her execution, as she had in the whole nine months since her husband was executed, but they wouldn't let her, possibly because it would make her seem sympathetic? The black dress also would have hid better the fact that she was bleeding constantly and heavily and had to keep changing her underwear and cloths, as she did just before she got on the cart to take her to the execution. It was my understanding that she was made to wear the white dress. Such great information and research done here, though. Very interesting.

[@therealhousewifeofballtown]

Unified Pulse she was having some bad gynecological problems and was bleeding heavily from her vagina . I can’t remember what I read that speculated about exactly what she had , but she was hemorrhaging

[@xinyisallypeng4837]

gosh i want to wear that dress so badly! although people at that time might perceive the dress as a very scandalous one, but to me the dress is so very pretty and angelic! it fits the best for young maidens and little girls!!

[@Garland67]

Fascinating program. I admire the dressmakers here and their amazing skill in recreating historical garments.

[@Meadowwing]

Absolutely brilliant!! For some reason today I've been getting an answer to all my prayers and even some I didn't even pray for you're one of them thank you everyone connected with this idea and putting it out to us what a refreshment

[@Arthur-yf9yv]

That's it, 'horrific pastiche' is going in a history essay at some point.

[@astralyummycandy888]

This is awesome... please make more like this videos. Ironically when Marie Antoinette arrived in France to be married she was stripped naked of everything she was from Austria. I just love her story however tragic... she was one fabulous woman to reckon in her time.

[@ElizabethF2222]

Oooh, would LOVE to put on that dress! Ninya and her team did a fabulous job with this one. Amber, you are a star!

[@themoonflowerfaerie]

I love Marie Antoinette and it was interesting, along with moving, to see a little into her world. I would love to see her fabric swatch books in person and felt as if I could relate to her looking through those amazing books deciding her wardrobe

[@victoriansquirrel]

„Fashion historian“.... is that a job one can actually earn money with?! If so, how can I be one???

[@Charloteblahblah]

She probably works at a university and is a advisor and clearly a presenter for things like this documentary, so of course.. You can be a historian of anything

[@drfelixgraham]

Not to be a dick about it, but making money as a researcher is just...not a thing. You make a living through other things - writing, teaching, period advising for things like movies. It's not a simple or easy career path.

[@drfelixgraham]

@Autumnn Wind I do, in fact, do research and write. It is actually pretty hard to get a scholarly book published - not impossible, but tough and you don't actually make a lot of money off of it, unless it gets picked up as a textbook for a lot of classes.

[@ladoucelette]

Actually a lot of fashion historians work in big opera houses or for movie sets... :)

[@geoxby]

Yeah! She was a tutor when I was at London college of fashion

[@MrAlen6e]

I live for this host , she has such a amazing career andshe just seens to be having the time of her life with clothes

[@cindymyas7105]

I love this series but especially when you put on the garments. SO powerful the feelings it must emote.