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Rose Bertin
Marie-Jeanne Rose Bertin (2 July 1747, Abbeville, Picardy, France – 22 September 1813, Épinay-sur-Seine) was a French milliner ("Marchandes de modes"), known as the dressmaker to Queen Marie Antoinette. She was the first celebrated French fashion designer and is widely credited with having brought fashion and "haute couture" to the forefront of popular culture.
Life.
Rose Bertin was the daughter of Nicolas Bertin (d. 1754) and Marie-Marguerite Méquignon,
the Petit Trianon, and free rein to renovate it; soon rumours circulated that she had plastered the walls with gold and diamonds.
The queen spent heavily on fashion, luxuries and gambling, though the country was facing a grave financial crisis and the population was suffering. Rose Bertin created dresses for her, and hair styles such as "pouf"s, up to three feet (90 cm) high, and the "panache" (a spray of feather plumes). She and her court also adopted the English fashion