Welcome back! Bonnie and Laura are discussing the fashion of revolutionary France and exploring some popular trends of the time! Ashton joins us for a fun discussion about cravats and corsetry. What piece of historical fashion would you bring back into style?

Sources for this episode:

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Laver, James. Taste and Fashion from the French Revolution Until Today. New York, NY: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1938.

Levy, Darline Gay, Harriet Branson Applewhite, and Mary Durham. Johnson. Women in Revolutionary Paris: 1789-1795: Selected Documents. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1979.

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“The Statue of Freedom.” Architect of the Capitol. Accessed April 22, 2020. https://www.aoc.gov/art/other-statues/statue-freedom