Anne Higonnet

Anne Higonnet is the Barbara Novak Professor of Art History at Barnard College. Her most recent book, Liberty Equality Fashion: The Women Who Styled the French Revolution, has been acclaimed by the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal among other publications.

More than six hundred years ago, Fashion emerged from Europe to rule over more and more of the world’s clothing. As a global industry, it continues to grow at a terrifying pace, yet the conditions of its demise are now in place.

Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun, Marie Antoinette with a Rose, 1783. Oil on canvas. Public domain.

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