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[…]
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A fashion historian needs to be an expert on her own wardrobe.
Question: Who are you wearing?
Caroline Weber: Oh, who am I wearing? Today, I am wearing Marc Jacobs from his current collection and – for Marc by Marc Jacobs in fact, which is his bridge collection. And I wore it because of the slightly puffy, semi-80’s shoulders, which I thought I should do as a tribute to what’s happening right now and will probably be over by the time this thing is broadcast on the web. And this necklace is from my favorite fashion website, Net-a-Porter, but I don’t remember the name of the person who made it. And I think my coat is Alexander McQueen.
Recorded on October 13, 2009
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