“I fastened her headdress with the assistance of a pink ribbon, and placed a large ruby in the center. The result was a furore at the opera! People in the pit, where at that time there were as yet no seats, crushed one another in their efforts to see this masterpiece: three arms were dislocated, two ribs broken, three feet crushed. In short, my triumph was complete.”
— Monsieur Léonard on the hairstyle he created for Marie Antoinette to wear to the Paris Opera





















