ROCOCO

Rococo is a refined, light and playful style that developed from baroque in 18th-century France but replaced its heavy grandeur with coquettish tenderness. In fashion, rococo is a pastel palette (powder pink, blue, mint), a multitude of ruffles, bows, lace, floral motifs, full skirts on panniers and powdered hairstyles. Madame de Pompadour, with her cult of beauty, pleasure and delicate luxury, became the emblem of the era. Rococo celebrates playfulness, flirtation and an almost doll-like refinement. In modern fashion its aesthetic is quoted in romantic, 'princess' collections, bridalwear and anything that seeks to add tender, sweet, slightly theatrical femininity. Rococo is a style of pleasure, lightness and refined, coquettish beauty, as if stepped from the canvases of Watteau and Fragonard.