frfashion1-2, Exercise 1: A timeline from Colbert to 1868

Model answer (check the details; items marked * are the ones to check first):

1643 to 1715   Reign of Louis XIV; Versailles as the stage of fashion
1660s          Colbert supports French lace and silk workshops *
1672           Le Mercure Galant begins, reporting fashions *
1675           Women dressmakers (couturières) receive their own guild *
1774           Marie Antoinette becomes queen; Rose Bertin her dressmaker *
1789 to 1799   The Revolution ends the guilds and the court dress code *
1797           Journal des Dames et des Modes begins *
Early 1800s    Jacquard's loom, developed in Lyon *
1831 and 1834  Revolts of the Lyon silk workers (canuts) *
1845           Worth moves to Paris *
1858           Worth opens his house in the rue de la Paix *
1860           Cobden-Chevalier trade treaty between Britain and France *
1868           Chambre syndicale de la couture parisienne founded *

Why check: fashion history is full of rival dates and "firsts", and many are repeated without a source.

Care: the dates come from general knowledge. Confirm each against a museum catalogue or a reliable history.