The essence of style how the French invented high fashion, fine food, chic cafes, style, sophistication and glamour

One of the foremost authorities on seventeenth-century French culture provides an account of how, at one glittering moment in history, the French under Louis XIV set the standards of sophistication, style, and glamour that still rule our lives today. DeJean explains how a handsome and charismatic yo...

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Main Author: DeJean, Joan E. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York, NY Free Press [2005]
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