Versailles
EPOCH: Ca. 1615-1789
COLORS & MATERIALS: Velvet, satin, silk, lace, black, brown, purple, dark blue, red, greyish blue, golden, off pink, cream,
pastels as mould green, ice blue, violet and light, warm pink, gold and silver.
ACCESSORIES: Pearls, bows, fabric flowers, fontange, shawls, fans, hats, walking sticks, tiny dogs, capes and cloaks, white
stockings, red heals and rococo heals.
MAKE UP & HAIR: Pale skin, pink cheeks, light red or pink lips, black eyeliners, beauty spots. Powdered hair (both sexes), held
together with a bow (men) or decorated with flowers and pearls (women).
BEHAVIOUR & MANNERS: Arrogant and posing or coquette and frivolous.
LIFE STYLE: Playing cembalo or harpsicord, drinking coffee or hot chocolate, gossip, gambling, riding, extravagant banquets,
adultery and court intrigues.
FOOD & DRINK: Coffee, tea, wine, champagne, hot chocolate, lemon pie, bisquits, macarons, desserts, confectionery, the
combination chocolate and lemon or orange, foie gras and enormous menûs (while the poor are starving outside?).
MUSIC: Pompous trumpet solos, Luly, Rameau, Vivaldi, Händel, Bach, Mozart, Haydn, Roman, Bellman ...
PLACES TO BE: Châteaux, manors, country houses and luxurious town houses, Blenheim palace, Drottningholm, Peterhof,
Versailles, Schönbrunn, The Winter Palace, Bagaetelle (pink mini-château in France), Nancy, Prague ...
HOMES & INTERIORS: Tapestries, Louis XIII and XIV furniture, inkwells, wall paintings, columns, draperies, marble fireplaces,
pastel colored rococo panels with discrete gold scrolls, chandeliers, large beds, Louis seize/Gustavian style.
COLORS & MATERIALS: Velvet, satin, silk, lace, black, brown, purple, dark blue, red, greyish blue, golden, off pink, cream,
pastels as mould green, ice blue, violet and light, warm pink, gold and silver.
ACCESSORIES: Pearls, bows, fabric flowers, fontange, shawls, fans, hats, walking sticks, tiny dogs, capes and cloaks, white
stockings, red heals and rococo heals.
MAKE UP & HAIR: Pale skin, pink cheeks, light red or pink lips, black eyeliners, beauty spots. Powdered hair (both sexes), held
together with a bow (men) or decorated with flowers and pearls (women).
BEHAVIOUR & MANNERS: Arrogant and posing or coquette and frivolous.
LIFE STYLE: Playing cembalo or harpsicord, drinking coffee or hot chocolate, gossip, gambling, riding, extravagant banquets,
adultery and court intrigues.
FOOD & DRINK: Coffee, tea, wine, champagne, hot chocolate, lemon pie, bisquits, macarons, desserts, confectionery, the
combination chocolate and lemon or orange, foie gras and enormous menûs (while the poor are starving outside?).
MUSIC: Pompous trumpet solos, Luly, Rameau, Vivaldi, Händel, Bach, Mozart, Haydn, Roman, Bellman ...
PLACES TO BE: Châteaux, manors, country houses and luxurious town houses, Blenheim palace, Drottningholm, Peterhof,
Versailles, Schönbrunn, The Winter Palace, Bagaetelle (pink mini-château in France), Nancy, Prague ...
HOMES & INTERIORS: Tapestries, Louis XIII and XIV furniture, inkwells, wall paintings, columns, draperies, marble fireplaces,
pastel colored rococo panels with discrete gold scrolls, chandeliers, large beds, Louis seize/Gustavian style.
| The Versailles concept |
| SEASONS: Spring, summer and early autumn. LITERATURE: John Cleland, Choderlos de Laclos, Casanova (Histoire de ma vie). MOVIES: Cyrano de Bergerac, Man in the iron mask, Le Roi danse, LÁllée du Roi, Farinelli, Jeppe paa Bjerget, Barry Lyndon, Dangerous Liaisons, Valmont, Madness of king George, Gustav IIIs Äktanskap, Revolution 1776, The Duchess, Amadeus, Marie Antoinette, Ridicule, The Scarlet Pimpernel, A tale of two cities. |
The Versailles line is inspired by the golden age of
the Bourbons, by baroque and rococo, lace, pearls
and powder, matching the colorful cast of characters
of the age: The charlatan and seductive nature of
Giancomo Casanova, Marie Antoinette´s tall hair
pouf and vain superficiality, and Gustavus III,
whom is both remembered for the elegant furniture
style named after him and the homoerotic rumours
... The line inspired the Making History collection as
well as garments made for the Opera Ball in Oslo.
For pictures, go to the picture gallery.
Updated 09.11.2010
the Bourbons, by baroque and rococo, lace, pearls
and powder, matching the colorful cast of characters
of the age: The charlatan and seductive nature of
Giancomo Casanova, Marie Antoinette´s tall hair
pouf and vain superficiality, and Gustavus III,
whom is both remembered for the elegant furniture
style named after him and the homoerotic rumours
... The line inspired the Making History collection as
well as garments made for the Opera Ball in Oslo.
For pictures, go to the picture gallery.
Updated 09.11.2010