The position of the royal mistress was unique to France. Only in France, did the royal mistress become a quasi-institutionalized political position, advisor to the King, and arbiter of taste. In eighteenth-century France, King Louis XV’s royal mistresses Madame de Pompadour and Madame du Barry contributed to French tastes in diverse ways.
Paola Di Trocchio is a leading fashion curator, writer, and speaker. In her twenty-year career at the National Gallery of Victoria, she curated and co-curated twenty-two fashion and textiles exhibitions including Edward Steichen and Art Deco Fashion, The Krystyna Campbell-Pretty Fashion Gift, 200 Years of Australian Fashion, Guo Pei among others. She was co-ordinating co-curator for The Fashion World of Jean Paul Gaultier from the Sidewalk to the Catwalk. She is currently completing her doctoral thesis.
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