This is a an excerpt of a great entry about Marie Antoinette’s reputation from one of my favorite blogs, Tea at the Trianon:

She is the queen who danced while the people starved; who spent extravagantly on clothes and jewels without a thought for her subjects’ plight. Such is the distorted but widespread view of Marie-Antoinette, Queen of France (1755-1793), wife of King Louis XVI. The recent Coppola film has further damaged the image of the much-maligned, beautiful and charming Austrian archduchess, sent to France at age fourteen to marry the fifteen-year-old Dauphin. Sadly, the picture many people now have of Marie-Antoinette is of her running through Versailles with a glass of champagne in her hand, eating bonbons all day long, and rolling in the bushes with a lover…

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If you can identify at least 25 people, then you are very cultivated
(without Googling/researching/asking!!)

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Remember how I said I wanted my house to be decorated with the elegance of past centuries? Well, I wouldn’t mind some Clive Christian Furniture as well! Sigh. I can only dream …for now.

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A collection of everything FABULOUS!
Just launched so stay tune for more fabulous-ness!

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I read a lot of blogs I read daily but here are some of my top ones (and I’m pretty sure I missed a few):

ART & DESIGN

• ilovetypography.com
• smashingmagazine.com
• typeneu.com
• veerle.duoh.com
• xanga.com/junshien – I’ve been reading Junshien’s Xanga since early highschool and have been a LONG TIME fan of his. He’s super talented and he’s going to be my wedding photographer.

BEAUTY & FASHION

• denimblog.com – Can’t live without my denim.
• fashiontoast.com – My absolute favorite fashion blog.
• lilylovesmac.blogspot.com – my favorite beauty blogs are on the Blogspot community.
• thesartorialist. com
• thestylespy.com – I’ve been reading The Style Spy since it was on Xanga plus it started locally.
• nessasarymakeup.com

PERSONAL

• conartistry.com
• ditz-revolution.net
• xanga.com/angy4881 – Angy’s the baddest bitch on the block! I’ve been following her Xanga for years now and I’ve always admired her confidence and independence— and not to mention she’s one hot Asian!
• xanga.com/CaKaLusa – Back in the old Xanga days, Chris (along with Jonas) were two of my favorite Xangians because they’re blogs are just fking hilarious!
• xanga.com/JonasApproved – Read above.*

RANDOM

• bjmagazine.blogspot.com
• hellokittyhell.com
• postsecret.com

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