In Revolution-era Paris, three radically chic media stars swept away centuries of strictures about what women should wear and how they should live. A new book unveils the other French Revolution.

On the eve of the French Revolution, ladies at Versailles scrambled to keep up with the fashion standards set by the queen, which didn’t help calm the rising social unrest in Paris.

In “Liberty Equality Fashion: The Women Who Styled the French Revolution,” Anne Higonnet explains how, a century before Coco Chanel released women from their restrictive dress, a trio of women ...

Vive Le Confort! For Corseted Courtiers, This Dress Was A French Revolution A really old French dress has sold for more than $150,000. The brocade gown is an exquisite example of the loose-fitting ...

The improbable rise of three women who helped transform French fashion. Anne Higonnet’s “Liberty Equality Fashion” elevates the role of Juliette Récamier, Térézia Tallien and Joséphine ...