The Emperor‘s Expensive Clothes/Des Kaisers teure Kleider
Uniform and Fashion at the Imperial Court in Vienna; Formal Gowns and Robes, Court Uniforms and Liveries from the early 18th Century to 1918
Uniform und Mode am Wiener Hof; Festroben und Ornate, Hofuniformen und Livréen vom frühen 18. Jahrhundert bis 1918
15.5. - September 2000 Mode und guter Geschmack waren im 19. Jahrhundert noch exklusiv - an den Fürstenhöfen Europas, den Zentren der Macht. You are what you wear. This seems particularly true when looking back at the fashions of the 19th century, a time when Europe’s princely courts were still the centre of power and therefore also the centre of fashion and taste. From the middle of the 18th century onwards, European princes began to regulate the clothes worn by members of the military, by public servants and other court officials, e.g. to make them wear uniform clothes.
Fig.: Spenzer und Kappa von der Gala-Livree eines Jockeys vom Rappen - od. Braunen Zug, KHM, Monturdepot
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