Annotated Citation- Haley Pote - Haley Pote 18th Century...

Haley Pote
18 th Century Annotated Citation
FMD 250WI History of Western Dress
Step 1: The Citation
Chrisman-Campbell, Kimberly. “Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire, and the Anglo-French
Fashion Exchange.” Dress 31, (2004): 1-12.
Step 2: The Annotation
During Marie Antoinnette’s reign in France, the English monarchy was not so fashion savvy as
their Parisian counterparts. Fashion in England was left up to the English aristocracy ( though
nothing compared in extravagance to the wild styles coming from Versailles), and therefore, a
trendsetter known as Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire. This well-travelled woman too fashion
very seriously, eventually befriending the French queen and closing the gap between French and
English fashions. Even with a war raging between the two countries, fashions from france
became highly sought after, imitated, and replicated by the wealthy classes of England, and later
in years, france went through an ‘anglomania’ phase. Though, no fashionista lives forever at the