Anne Higonnet

Liberty Equality Fashion, by Anne Higonnet, tells the story of three extraordinary women: Joséphine Bonaparte, future consort of Napoléon; Térézia Tallien, the most beautiful woman in Europe; and Juliette Récamier, muse of intellectuals. These women discarded the rigid clothing regimes of the past, overcoming forced marriages and imprisonment during the Terror to become the first self-made fashion celebrities. The Three...