"Marie Antoinette Style" - French Fashions of the 18th Century

I thought I'd step back in time a little bit farther and open up my trunk of
"Marie Antoinette" time period fashions to share.

These fashion plates from the late 18th century (1778-1787).

I can't help but think of Queen Marie whenever I look at them.

This fashion style could also be referred to as Georgian; 

however for me, since these plates are French...

I consider them to be Marie Antoinette Fashions.

For me - "Marie Antoinette fashions" have the distinctive look of being
an elaborate gown with panniers, giving them "wide in the hip" look
as well as the tall and fancy powdered hairdos.

An EKDuncan digital are piece using one of the "Marie's"

I created the above digital art-piece using a great French fashion plate and combining that with a variety of other patterns, designs, old handwritten text and even an oriental rug beneath her feet.
I love taking antique images like the above "Marie", altering them and using them to create new art. It's just so much fun to do!

I can't resist playing with images to see how I can manipulate them digitally in Photoshop.
(It's just one of those quirky, artsy things I do.)
In the case of this "Marie" - I removed the original background to create a png image.
Next I altered her digitally to create several dress color versions for a bit of variety.

See what you think?

Late 18th Century Fashion Plate from "Galerie des Modes et Costumes"

 This is the original fashion plate I started with.

I created my EKD versions by removing the background, making some tonal

and exposure adjustments; then I had a bit of fun with color adaptations.

Here are the "Marie's" I created 

Marie Fancy Fashion #1 - Red

Marie Fancy Fashion #1 - Gold

Marie Fancy Fashion #1 - Green

Marie Fancy Fashion #1 - Peacock

Marie Fancy Fashion #1 - Pink

Marie Fancy Fashion #1 - Slate Blue

I did this same process with a few fashions plates so I could create some fun artwork.
Join me next time to see a fun scene I created using some of these Marie's and "Friends".


Till Next time...