Marie Antoinette Information

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Marie Antoinette Quotes Cake

Question: How can I look like this?

I really, really love the way Kirsten Dunst looks as Marie Antoinette. She looks, to quote the movie (I think this is the right quote) “like a piece of cake.” She just looks like a little cup of cream. She’s got this gorgeous, creamy complexion, and she just looks so young and innocent, and flawless. (rambling)

So, how can I look like this? Any suggestions (makeup, skincare, bath products, diet, etc.) are welcome. Thanks everyone!

http://screenmusings.org/MarieAntoinette/pages/MA_0090.htm

http://screenmusings.org/MarieAntoinette/pages/MA_0379.htm

Answer: Try looking at this video:

Other guides:

http://www.wikihow.com/Apply-Makeup-to-Look-Like-Marie-Antoinette

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/fashion/main.jhtml?xml=/fashion/2006/10/11/eflesley11.xml

Marie Antoinette Scrapbook

Question: THIS IS A SUPER IMPORTANT QUESTION! Marie Antoinette help!?

I’m doing a project on her. I have to make a scrapbook that would have been “hers” with things from her life. SO far im putting in family tree and a flower from a painting and a self portrait and a piece of silk from her dress. i want to put in a banquet or party or some kind of invintation that she might have gotten(some of this can be fiction,.”.i.e. a flower that Louis XIV gave her”…who knows if he really gave her a flower?) i need to know. so maybe if u could find out any friends that she had or some parties that she might of gone to…something similar. also, if you have any other ideas of what i could put in this scrapbook would be really great. ALL IS APPRECIATED FOR THOSE WHO ARE TRYING TO HELP ME GET AN A AND THANK YOU TO THOSE OF YOU THAT HELPED!!! 10 points for best answer….this needs to b turned in soon so if you could hurry it up ASAP>>>That’d b great. thanks everyone!!

Answer: Get over to this terrific website devoted to Marie Antoinette:

Marie Antoinette Bracket Album

Marie Antoinette Inspired Jewelry

Question: Does anyone know where I can buy Marie Antoinette inspired jewelry?

My friend loves Marie Antoinette and her birthday is coming up. I want to get her some jewelry. The cheaper the better because i don’t want to spend that much on a necklace.

Answer: You can find lots of stuff on Etsy.com.

Try searching "Marie Antoinette" "Louis XVI" "Versailles" etc.

http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=26165542&ref=sr_list_1&&ga_search_query=marie+antoinette+necklace&ga_search_type=handmade&ga_page=&includes[]=tags&includes[]=title

http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=30470164&ref=sr_list_16&&ga_search_query=louis+XVI&ga_search_type=handmade&ga_page=&order=price_asc&includes[]=tags&includes[]=title

Athinalabella at Etsy!!

Marie Antoinette’s Children Names

Question: Who were Marie Antoinette’s children?

I’m doing a report on her, and I know that she had 4 children, but I need to know all of their names.
thankss(:

Answer: In order of birth:

Marie-Thérèse-Charlotte of France (19 December 1778 – 19 October 1851)

Louis-Joseph Xavier Francois, Dauphin of France (October 22, 1781 – June 4, 1789)

Louis XVII of France, also Louis VI of Navarre (Versailles 27 March 1785 – Paris 8 June 1795), from birth to 1789 known as Louis-Charles, Duke of Normandy; then from 1789 to 1791 as Louis-Charles, Dauphin of Viennois; and from 1791 to 1793 as Louis-Charles, Prince Royal of France

Sophie Hélène Béatrix de France, Madame Sophie, (Versailles, 9 July 1786 - 19 June 1787)

The above is from Wikipedia. I attach a link below for some details on the children and what happened to them.

Marie Antoinette Accomplishments

Question: What were Marie Antoinette’s biggest accomplishments as Queen of France?

I need it for a history project but have not found too many accomplishments she had.

Answer: The view on Marie Antoinette's role in French history has varied widely throughout the years. Even during her life, she was both a popular icon of goodness and a symbol of everything wrong with the French monarchy.

The queen began to institute changes in the modes of court, with the approval of the king. Some changes, such as the abolition of segregated dining spaces, had already been instituted for some time and had been met with disapproval from the older generation; more importantly was the abandonment of the wide-hooped panniers and heavy make-up for less make-up and plainer clothing, such as polonaises and, more famously, the muslin dresses which were captured by a 1783 Lebrun portrait of the queen. She also began to participate in amateur theatrics, starting in 1780, in a theatre built for her and other courtiers who wished to indulge in singing and acting.

Marie Antoinette's temperament was more suited to her children, whose education and upbringing she personally saw to. This was against the mode of Versailles, where the queen usually had little say over the "Children of France", as royal children were called, and they were instead handed over to various courtiers who fought over the privilege.