Aileen Ribeiro is Professor Emeritus, University of London, UK. She was Head of the History of Dress at The Courtauld Institute of Art, London, from 1975 to 2009. She has published many books and articles on various aspects of the history of dress. She lectures widely in the UK, Europe and the US and has also acted as costume consultant/contributor to many major exhibitions in these regions. In 2018 she received an Iris Foundation Award for Outstanding Contributions to the Decorative Arts, from the Bard Graduate Center, New York.

• Preface & AcknowledgementsIntroduction1. Before and AfterThe Waiting YearsRevolution2. Politics and Fashion 1789 – 1794Politics and political fashionWhat the fashion magazines saidDecline and fall of the monarchyRepublic and TerrorDressing down3. Brave New World: People and State 1794 – 1794Bonnets rouges and sans-culottesWorkers and revolutionariesThe cult of the antiqueState Festivals National and official costume 4. Thermidor and Directory 1794 – 1799Men – style and satireWomen – fashion freed and celebratedThe new ParisFinal years and a new beginningAfterwordSelect BibliographyAppendix - The Revolutionary CalendarChronologyList of CreditsIndex

Aileen Ribeiro is Professor Emeritus, University of London, UK. She was Head of the History of Dress at The Courtauld Institute of Art, London, from 1975 to 2009. She has published many books and articles on various aspects of the history of dress. She lectures widely in the UK, Europe and the US and has also acted as costume consultant/contributor to many major exhibitions in these regions. In 2018 she received an Iris Foundation Award for Outstanding Contributions to the Decorative Arts, from the Bard Graduate Center, New York.

• Preface & AcknowledgementsIntroduction1. Before and AfterThe Waiting YearsRevolution2. Politics and Fashion 1789 – 1794Politics and political fashionWhat the fashion magazines saidDecline and fall of the monarchyRepublic and TerrorDressing down3. Brave New World: People and State 1794 – 1794Bonnets rouges and sans-culottesWorkers and revolutionariesThe cult of the antiqueState Festivals National and official costume 4. Thermidor and Directory 1794 – 1799Men – style and satireWomen – fashion freed and celebratedThe new ParisFinal years and a new beginningAfterwordSelect BibliographyAppendix - The Revolutionary CalendarChronologyList of CreditsIndex

Aileen Ribeiro is Professor Emeritus, University of London, UK. She was Head of the History of Dress at The Courtauld Institute of Art, London, from 1975 to 2009. She has published many books and articles on various aspects of the history of dress. She lectures widely in the UK, Europe and the US and has also acted as costume consultant/contributor to many major exhibitions in these regions. In 2018 she received an Iris Foundation Award for Outstanding Contributions to the Decorative Arts, from the Bard Graduate Center, New York.

• Preface & AcknowledgementsIntroduction1. Before and AfterThe Waiting YearsRevolution2. Politics and Fashion 1789 – 1794Politics and political fashionWhat the fashion magazines saidDecline and fall of the monarchyRepublic and TerrorDressing down3. Brave New World: People and State 1794 – 1794Bonnets rouges and sans-culottesWorkers and revolutionariesThe cult of the antiqueState Festivals National and official costume 4. Thermidor and Directory 1794 – 1799Men – style and satireWomen – fashion freed and celebratedThe new ParisFinal years and a new beginningAfterwordSelect BibliographyAppendix - The Revolutionary CalendarChronologyList of CreditsIndex