Caroline Weber
Associate Professor of French Literature, Columbia University
A specialist in eighteenth-century French literature and culture, Weber is a fashion historian and the author of "Queen of Fashion: What Marie-Antoinette Wore to the French Revolution." She is also an Associate French Professor at Barnard College.
A conversation with the fashion historian and professor of French Literature at Barnard.
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A fashion historian needs to be an expert on her own wardrobe.
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Fashion historian Caroline Weber wants to know to what extent those miracles really happened.
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The fashion author and historian worries about the quantity and quality of her output.
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Alexander McQueen has an idea that could transform the age-old parades of seasonal style, says Caroline Weber, a French literature professor at Barnard.
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Fashion historian Caroline Weber is hoping we’ll pass out of the phase in which celebrities are the ultimate trendsetters. Only then will style become original again.
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Barnard professor Caroline Weber recalls an embarrassing moment on the French Metro that speaks volumes about the disparate relationship that American and French women have with fashion.
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When fashion expert Caroline Weber studies the significance of today’s style, she is struck by the rapid pace of changing trends, all working to feed the $300 billion industry.
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From Marie Antoinette to Michelle Obama, one’s clothing often has the power to dictate their fate, says fashion historian and Barnard professor Caroline Weber.
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Historian Caroline Weber takes us through the origination of fashion, which started as early as the 12th century.
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