French royal fashion would reach its zenith with Marie Antoinette during the 1770s and 1780s, leading Wackerl to dub her one of history’s “first It girls.” “It is my belief that [Marie ...

It may not be as synonymous with Kate as it was when she first became a royal, but a Breton stripe (also known as la marinière, a nod to the French naval uniform of the mid-1800s) was once a staple in ...