The Lure of Perfection: Fashion and Ballet, 1780-1830

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Acknowledgements Preface by Violette Verdy Introduction Chapter One-Setting the Stage: Aristocratic Fashion and Baroque Body Politics before the Revolution. Chapter Two-Reformers and Philosophes as Fore-Runners of the Revolution in Fashion. Chapter Three-The Moderate and the Outrageous Chapter Four-Neoclassicism: 1780-1820 Chapter Five-The Consulate (1799-1804) and The Empire (1804-1815) of Napoleon. Imperial Designs pervade Street and Stage Fashion. Chapter Six-Restoration-One Bourbon Returns! Louis XVIII and The Restoration (1815-1824). Chapter Seven-Pale Goddesses on the Street During the Romantic Movement: Charles X ruled France from 1824-1830. Chapter Eight-The Kingdom of the Opera: Pale Goddesses on the Stage (1824-1830) Chapter Nine-The Turning Point: The Ballet of the Nuns, and La Sylphide. Chapter Ten-The Dark Side of White Conclusion Chronology Sources and Bibliography

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