meganiwish Posted July 14, 2014 Share Posted July 14, 2014 Je viens de manger une brioche et je suis desollee. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shyheels Posted July 14, 2014 Share Posted July 14, 2014 I like brioche too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heelster Posted July 14, 2014 Share Posted July 14, 2014 Ahhhh - - The French revolution. Pretty much ended high heels for the French Aristocracy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shafted Posted July 14, 2014 Share Posted July 14, 2014 Off with her head! Shafted, the boots that is! View my gallery here http://www.hhplace.o...afteds-gallery/ or view my heeling thread here http://www.hhplace.org/topic/3850-new-pair-of-boots-starts-me-serious-street-heeling/ - Pm me if you want fashion advice or just need someone to talk to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shyheels Posted July 14, 2014 Share Posted July 14, 2014 Ahhhh - - The French revolution. Pretty much ended high heels for the French Aristocracy. The male ones anyway Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heelster Posted July 14, 2014 Share Posted July 14, 2014 The male ones anyway Touche' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shafted Posted July 14, 2014 Share Posted July 14, 2014 Excuse me, but does anyone remember Marie Antoinette? Shafted, the boots that is! View my gallery here http://www.hhplace.o...afteds-gallery/ or view my heeling thread here http://www.hhplace.org/topic/3850-new-pair-of-boots-starts-me-serious-street-heeling/ - Pm me if you want fashion advice or just need someone to talk to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meganiwish Posted July 14, 2014 Author Share Posted July 14, 2014 Ahhhh - - The French revolution. Pretty much ended high heels for the French Aristocracy. Pretty much ended the French Aristocracy. Excuse me, but does anyone remember Marie Antoinette? Brioche is an indirect reference to her. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shyheels Posted July 15, 2014 Share Posted July 15, 2014 Re: brioche - remember that great quote frequently misattributed to her? Let them eat cake? Brioche was the 'cake' When the peasants were complaining that had no bread good ole Marie, being completely clueless about their realities, suggested the much more expensive brioche as an alternative - supposedly. There is no record of her ever saying that, though, unless she was quoting Rousseau. In his autobiography, The Confessions, he tells the story of a 'great princess' (unnamed) who supposedly said such a thing . The Confessions was written when Marie was still a child. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meganiwish Posted July 15, 2014 Author Share Posted July 15, 2014 You're just about right, though I think the first attested use of the quip was before she was born. Quite possible that she may have facetiously used a phrase as well known in her day as it is now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shyheels Posted July 16, 2014 Share Posted July 16, 2014 The line has been attributed to several French princesses going back into the 17th century, although without proof. I have even read where Chinese scholars claim it originated in a very old tale or fable from there. Rousseau's mention of it is the first demonstrable use but he leaves the 'great princess' unnamed. He started writing The Confessions in 1765, finished in 1769, although it was not published until 1782. If Marie ever used the line it would have been in jest. It seems to have been quite out of character for her to have dismissed the troubles of the peasants so cavalierly or ignorantly. She seems to have been sympathetic to their hardships or at least aware of them, even if she was blind to what her hubby was (or rather, was not) doing about it. She was not credited with uttering this line until the mid 19th century. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilikekicks Posted July 17, 2014 Share Posted July 17, 2014 Good jam by Rush! 1 REPEATEDLY ARGUMENTATIVE, INSULTING AND RUDE. BANNED FOR LIFE. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heelster Posted July 17, 2014 Share Posted July 17, 2014 Good jam by Rush! Yep - - Along with many others Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 21, 2014 Share Posted July 21, 2014 Marie Antoinette. Love that track by Curved Air. Al Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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