Marie, the Girl with the Most Cake?

I'm sure that many of us have watched Sofia Coppola's Marie Antoinette, her 2006 picture on the life of the Versailles  Queen. Filmed on location, he images are gorgeous and delicate with soft lighting, which I only recently got to witness when having an iTunes movie session! The style is gorgeous, of course, everyone decked in pastels....Kirsten Dunst even gets baby pink hair as Marie at one point! 

Gorgeous periwinkle

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Movie poster from France

http://www.impawards.com/2006/marie_antoinette_ver2.html

The queen has a love of shoes

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Many dresses are displayed 

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Marie Antoinette seems daring and sultry, yet young and bored 

My only issue with the movie was...lack of scripting, resulting in dragging pace. The few conversations are short 

and whispered, and I'd like to hear more dialogue....of course, I've heard that this was a common complaint!

Interesting however is how the princess turned legendary

 queen was portrayed. She was shown as, first, a young teen girl, bored and grudgingly moving from her home. She has blond hair worn down with a small ribbon, but once handed to France,she is done up to be the elegant Parisian princess, who must leave behind everything with a few tears in her eyes. She is judged and then accepted as she gets accustomed to life with her husband, who is also not that 

into this royal life they've been thrust to. With not 

much to do, Marie confidently does as she pleases and buys shoes and dresses and cakes and feathers, but all with an air of lazy teen fun, appearing as the decadent queen we know, different from the young girl at the start with her much plainer hairstyles ( plainer than pink updos, alright) Later though, politics show turmoil in France and towards the end

 of the film, the nobles even shun her, as she is being held accountable for the distress of the people. She sticks with her husband and deals with the drama in Versailles as long 

as can be stood. When danger is posed to the children, the leave in a carriage, but we all know what happens. The film shows that she really didn't say "Let them eat cake."

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Marie Antoinette historically

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/marie-antoinette-134629573/

Sofia agrees with the idea that Marie Antoinette was caught up in the circumstances of her life. I find her to be a very interesting historical figure!
In addition, nowadays, Marie Antoinette's stories have spawned ideas of an extremely decadent French character, representing lust and and lackadaisical enjoyment...she's 
even a figure of cuteness in a sense(think macaroons, pastels, small french dogs, flowery dresses)

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So, as I was inspired, I wore a flouncy dress, and flowered leggings with a velvet headband...to capture a girlier look.

dress-purchased in Genius Outfitters

Belt and Cardigan- Gap

leggings-forever 21

shoes-Old Navy

accesories- misc.

Photographed with rosy lighting and roses!

I have a little stone necklace on here

Close up rosy leggings

choco/strawberry crepes... see the French theme in this post?

baby pink milkshake....pastel like the dresses in the film

what screams France and Queen Marie like macarons...of course they ARE Laduree

from my trip to NY last year...Laduree is the mother of all macaron

Hope you have a good day ~