Tuesday, October 16, 2018

Big or Small Breasts....Guillotining of A Queen 225 Years Ago

#QueenMarieAntoinetteGuillotined225

Today, October 16 2018, 225 years ago, Queen Marie Antoinette was guillotined.

I came across a study in The Telegraph, UK speculating how historical figures would have looked today.


This is how Marie Antoinette looked then….



And now the transformation for today....
 
"Her three-foot tall hair has been let down and her unusually high forehead concealed with a trendy fringe. Known for her crooked teeth in her youth she has been given a full modern-day orthodontic treatment. Teased for her small breasts as a teenager, she has been given breast implants."



"Known for being fashionable and changing clothes three times a day, Marie Antoinette is dressed in a modern designer dress. Reported to express how she was feeling through the accessories in her wig, she is wearing a flirty Philip Treacey style hat.Her modern day portrait also shows the  her fully-made up in colourful make-up."
 
But unfortunately the first thing that comes to my mind with her name is : guillotine....

Notice how, like the queen,  the original caption of the cartoon below has been transformed.....



The actual caption is : “Who has the time anymore? Now it just sits there, gathering dust.”


Artist: Emily Flake, The New Yorker, October 2011