학술논문

Magnificence of the Tsars.
Document Type
Article
Source
History Today. Dec2008, Vol. 58 Issue 12, p8-9. 2p. 1 Color Photograph.
Subject
*FASHION history
*FASHION & art
*EXHIBITIONS
*ART exhibitions
KINGS & rulers of Russia
Language
ISSN
0018-2753
Abstract
In 1780, Catherine II wrote to Grimm, her Paris correspondent: 'At present you in Paris wear Russian hats and ribbons: the French have gone head-over-heels for me, as if I were a feather for their hats'. Reciprocally, however, French fashion also exerted considerable influence over dress styles among the Russian nobility of the time. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]