marie History & Costumes

"Let them eat cake!" was the familiar refrain of France's Queen marie antoinette. Her pastry-proclamation wasn't taken too lightly by the poor and starving of late 1700s France and the social butterfly of a Queen was taken to the guillotine along with many others of the ruling class during the French Revolution.

You'll lose your head for some fabulous marie antoinette costumes truly fit for a queen! For a traditional look invoking all of the majesty and frippery of marie antoinette's days at the French court, there are full-length ball gowns in shades of pretty pastel blue or cream trimmed with gold. Shorter, (béarnaise) "saucier" versions are also available to flash a bit of leg that would charm even the most hardened guard of the Bastille!
For a novel and macabre twist on this timeless beauty, add some scar makeup and fake blood to simulate a fresh-from-the-guillotine undead marie antoinette with her head sewn back on.

No matter what you choose, top it off with a marie antoinette powdered wig with long curls and a high, pompadour style.