Liberty Equality Fashion: The Women who Styled the French Revolution

Following violence, incarceration and forced incestuous marriages, three woman found themselves in a pivotal time in history with very little left to lose. Josephine Bonaparte, Terezia Talllien and Juliette Recamier led a revolution by rejecting restrictive traditional clothing in favor of styles that moved with the body naturally and promoted function and comfort over following restrictive rules. These bold statements inspired a generation of fashion that has forever shaped the timeline of fashion history.