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Wollstonecraft, Mary (1795). An Historical and Moral View of the Origin and Progress of the French Revolution and the Effect it Has Produced in Europe. St. Paul's. By the time of the Flour War of 1775, a series of riots (due to the high price of flour and bread) had damaged her reputation among the general public. Eventually, Marie Antoinette's reputation was no better than that of the favourites of previous kings. Many French people were beginning to blame her for the degrading economic situation, suggesting the country's inability to pay off its debt was the result of her wasting the crown's money. [40] In her correspondence, Marie Antoinette's mother, Maria Theresa, expressed concern over her daughter's spending habits, citing the civil unrest it was beginning to cause. [41] This portrait was criticised for showing improperly informal attire for a queen, and was repainted with a blue silk dress [65]

On 27 April 1784 Beaumarchais's play The Marriage of Figaro premiered in Paris. Initially banned by the king due to its negative portrayal of the nobility, the play was finally allowed to be publicly performed because of the queen's support and its overwhelming popularity at court, where secret readings of it had been given by Marie Antoinette. The play was a disaster for the image of the monarchy and aristocracy. It inspired Mozart's Le Nozze di Figaro, which premiered in Vienna on 1 May 1786. [100] After their return from Varennes and until the storming of the Tuileries on 10 August 1792, the queen, her family and entourage were held under tight surveillance by the Garde Nationale in the Tuileries, where the royal couple was guarded night and day. Four guards accompanied the queen wherever she went, and her bedroom door had to be left open at night. Her health also began to deteriorate, thus further reducing her physical activities. [167] [168] You can find beauty and fashion tips almost anywhere, but few compare to those from the Queen of Style herself— Marie Antoinette. As a trendsetter and “ It Girl” of her time, she deliberately deviated from the more traditional styles of the time as a way of exercising power over the masses. Since she had no real political authority to wield, she did so with her glamour, and the fashion trends followed. Many of her beauty secrets were so effective, they’re still used by women today. 1. Start with a good, strong cleanser. Schama, Simon (1989). Citizens: A Chronicle of the French Revolution. New York: Vintage. ISBN 978-0-679-72610-4.Before she became queen, the politically themed pornographic pamphlets and books that circulated throughout France only featured the king’s mistresses, who were considered promiscuous for sleeping with a married man. But without a mistress to ridicule, political pornographers targeted the queen. Paradoxically, for somebody who became infamous for supposedly being frivolous and overly committed to luxurious excess, she was actually all about dressing down,” Weber says. A celebration of the Maker Movement, a family-friendly showcase of invention and creativity that gathers Bombelles, Marquis de & Journal, vol I 1977, pp.258–65 harvnb error: no target: CITEREFBombelles,_Marquis_deJournal,_vol_I1977 ( help) When the affair was discovered those involved (except de La Motte and Rétaux de Villette, who both managed to flee) were arrested, tried, convicted, and either imprisoned or exiled. Madame de La Motte was sentenced for life to confinement in the Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, which also served as a prison for women. Judged by the Parlement, Rohan was found innocent of any wrongdoing and allowed to leave the Bastille. Marie Antoinette, who had insisted on the arrest of the Cardinal, was dealt a heavy personal blow, as was the monarchy, and despite the fact that the guilty parties were tried and convicted, the affair proved to be extremely damaging to her reputation, which never recovered from it. [ citation needed] Failure of political and financial reforms

Suffering from an acute case of depression the king began to seek the advice of his wife. In her new role and with increasing political power, the queen tried to improve the awkward situation brewing between the assembly and the king. [119] This change of the queen's position signaled the end of the Polignacs' influence and their impact on the finances of the Crown. Despaches of Earl Grower, Oscar Browning & Cambridge, 1885, pp.70–75, 245–50 harvnb error: no target: CITEREFDespaches_of_Earl_GrowerOscar_BrowningCambridge,_1885 ( help)Larkin, T. Lawrence (2010). "A "Gift" Strategically Solicited and Magnanimously Conferred". Winterthur Portfolio. 44 (1): 31–76. doi: 10.1086/651087. JSTOR 10.1086/651087. S2CID 142922208.