From her dazzling jewels and silk footwear to modern interpretations of her extravagant gowns, a new exhibition exploring the style of France’s doomed 18th-century queen Marie Antoinette opens in London this week.

The V&A Museum in London is hosting “Marie Antoinette Style,” the UK’s first exhibition dedicated to the French queen. Born into the Austrian royal family, Marie Antoinette married King Louis XVI of France and quickly became one of the most fashionable—and controversial—figures of her time. Her lavish tastes and extravagant image contributed to rising tensions that culminated in the French Revolution. In 1793, revolutionaries executed both her and her husband. She was 37 years old.

“(The exhibition is) about the style shaped by the most fashionable queen in history, Marie Ant

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