FASHION HISTORY PAPER - KING LOUIS XIV

In the 17th Century,

February 15, 1702

SPRING,

In the town/village

Town (location) : Versailles, France

Describe the people/ atmosphere : what are they wearing, what are they doing.

1- In the town of Versailles, France (1702) King Louis was hosting a big ball to show his collection of art. At the village market people were preparing for the ball, some were preparing the decoration, and some were preparing the food, and some were preparing the musical instruments. (Decribe the people: what are they wearing -COSTUMES- , what are they doing). The high class and royalties of the people in the town were getting ready for the ball (describe how they looked like in the 17th era)

2- The woman warrior (creat a name or found one online from the 17th century) was invited to king Louis XIV art collection ball (Describe the warrior costume -make her look like a warrior in the 17th century but also looks like a woman going to a ball) . This woman has a great history of winning battles of france (Make or find battles from the 17th and 16th that a women can be a big part of) . On her way to the ball she hears two poor village people talking about the art show, but they seem really sketchy (describe how the poor town people costume in that era). She arrives to the palace ( describe how the palace look like from the outside), and the art show has not started yet. She overheard the servers that the show has not started yet because an art piece was forged. King Louis was very upset and nervous. One of servers came up to calm people down and let them know that show will be delayed for a while to resolve a quick problem. The warrior sensed that is something is not right so she started investigating. She followed a nice dressed man rushing to the back door (desribe how a nice dressed man in 17th century look like+he looks evil). she followed the man and he was talking to he poor village people and at the moment she knew they were the bad guys who forged the art piece. she took her sword out and took them back to bring the real art piece back to the king and ask for forgiveness. Kind Louis was so happy and proud of the step the woman warrior took and he rewarded her with a golden sword for her bravery.

3- King Louis was hosting an art collection ball. In 1702. The king woke up and had his royal breakfast ( describe his breakfast/ his atmosphere/ the setting. (Then Describe what he was wearing during the begging of the day). He was preparing for the ball. The first thing he does his servers give him 3 options of clothing to choose from to wear at the ball (describe the 3 outfits how it looks like from the 17th century/color/head to toe detail). He chooses his outfit. After that he went to have lunch ( describe what his lunch was ). He took his mid-day nap. and he woke up and started to get ready for the ball. (describe how is he getting ready). and then he started to check out his art show pieces and found out one of the art pieces was forged and someone has replace it. He was furious and mad at his servers and asked them to start looking into it right away without making the visitors feel anything was wrong. After a while the women warrior surprises the king with whom responsible for the forging. He was so happy and proud of the step the woman warrior took and he rewarded her with a golden sword for her bravery.