This chapter explores the remarkable journey of Léonard Autié, a talented hairdresser from the French countryside, who became the favored stylist of Marie Antoinette. It highlights his ascent within the Parisian elite and the challenges he faced during the tumultuous times of the French Revolution.
This 2017 episode was originally a two-parter about Marie Antoinette's hairdresser, Léonard Autié. Léonard set the styles of France during King Louis XVI's reign, and his story and his fate was tied to that of the nobility.
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