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Reinette: March 2012 | 18th century fashion, 18th century portraits, Fashion history
Madame de Villeneuve,1780-90 by Jean Louis le Barbier the Younger Jean Antoine Watteau, 18th Century Women, 18th Century Portraits, Rococo Fashion, 18th Century Paintings, Century Dress, 18th Century Fashion, Historical Costume, Marie Antoinette
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Wrapped in Furs

First a necessity then a status symbol and finally a fashion statement,interpreted in many ways these days,fur was the fabric men used to cover and adorn their bodies.Mink,sable,ermine chinchilla and other exotic skins were worn by the nobility while the common people wrapped themselves in lamb and calf to keep warm.Since exotic furs were hard to produce and come by they were ruinously expensive and could only be afforded by royalty,the nobility and the clergy.In the 13th c it is reported…
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