Marie Antoinette: Versailles to the Runway; The Stylization of the World’s Most Notorious Queen — Presentation Detail — Celebration of Scholars

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Kim Instenes
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Marie Antoinette: Versailles to the Runway; The Stylization of the World’s Most Notorious Queen

Name: Veronica Vickas
Major: Theatre/ Psychology
Hometown: Chicago
Faculty Sponsor: Kim Instenes
Other Sponsors:
Type of research: Senior thesis
Funding: Carthage Theatre Department

Abstract

Marie Antoinette is most well known for her famous line “Let them eat cake!”, a quote historians are unsure she ever said. There is so much we are told about the last queen of France, but it is unclear how much is actually true. For my senior thesis, my task was to costume design the play Marie Antoinette by David Adjim. This required in-depth historical research, modern runway research, and elaborate character analysis, not only for Marie but the other characters as well. Through the design, I was entrusted with exhibiting the queen’s extravagance, as well as her humanity in order to aide with the telling of the play, and the audience’s visual understanding of Marie Antoinette. Just as Marie herself did, I used fashion and clothing to tell the narrative of France's legendary final queen.

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