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Marie Antoinette died over 230 years ago. But in the modern day, the teen queen’s presence remains widely felt.
A-listers from Kylie Jenner to Miley Cyrus have embodied her likeness for fashion magazines, wearing diaphanous frocks or towering wigs surrounded by a selection of teeth-rotting confectionery. Last year, Chappell Roan performed at the Lollapalooza music festival dressed as Marie Antoinette in a crimped wig and Rococo gown — reviving a pop star trope that began with Madonna at the 1990 MTV Awards. Fashion designers such as John Galliano, Karl Lagerfeld, Vivienne Westwood and Alessandro Michele have all mined the royal for inspiration. For the 2016 Fenty x Puma collection, Rihanna — who is the global ambassador and creative director — imagined what the 18th century fi
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