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...June 15--and one of the few fashion accessories to have survived nearly 400 years of social change. Neck adornments have been worn since ancient times to signify title or wealth or even just to sop up sweat. But modern, mostly decorative neckwear dates from King Louis XIV of France, who first popularized the tie's predecessor, the cravat, after spotting the bow-tie-like embellishment on 17th century Croatian soldiers...
...give modern day viewers a taste of this 18th-century European extravagance. Dancers Camilla Finlay and Ken Pierce, fully dressed in period costume including makeup and wigs, danced to live music performed by a trio of string players. Dances included popular choreographed pieces from the court of Louis XIV, such as “L’aimable vainqueur,” as well as a minuet, a dance which was unique because it was not choreographed to a specific song and could be danced unrehearsed with any partner. Following the performance, art historian Meredith Chilton elaborated on these 18th...
...Well, since Oscar Wilde isn’t buying what she’s selling—what I think she’s probably selling—then Louis XIV. That or his wife...
...Lachaise is not just any cemetery. It has been a stage for grand episodes of French history for centuries. Originally a country retreat, it was named after the confessor of King Louis XIV, whose successor expelled the Jesuit priests living there in 1763. It became a cemetery in 1804. Then, in 1871--a century before Morrison's death--Parisian anarchists staged a pitched battle against their foes amid the tombstones; 147 survivors were executed against the cemetery wall and buried in a mass grave...
...LOUIS XIV Tuck this away for Trivial Pursuit: the Sun King's nickname is said to come from a lavish gold costume he once wore--as a ballet dancer. Louis pirouetted in his youth and established the first professional ballet academy in France in the 17th century...