Artefacts

Paris 2024, black costume of Marie-Antoinette worn during the Freedom segment at the opening ceremony.

Physical description

Outfit consisting of a structure called "Gabrielle" with a 18th-century style dress (Watteau) in two parts, a wig, a black t-shirt, black leggings and a pair of black Doc Martins style boots. Handmade costume.

Created

Created: Olivier BERIOT (30/11/1962)

Materials

aluminium, elastane, textile, polyamide, leather, steel

Colors

black, red, white, beige, silver

Dimension

Circa 169 x 119 x 43 cm (Structure)

Type of item

Clothes and Accessories -> costume

Reference number

239504

Ensemble

Keywords

Opening ceremony Olympic Games Paris 2024 Female History 18th century

Notes

Paris 2024 – red and black Marie Antoinette costumes worn during the “Liberty” section of the Opening Ceremony. The “Liberty” sequence was staged between the Théâtre du Châtelet and the Conciergerie. French heavy metal band Gojira joined Franco-Swiss opera singer Marina Viotti in a performance of the French revolutionary song «Ah! Ça ira». Figures dressed in red, playing headless Marie Antoinettes, appeared at the windows of the Conciergerie, while members of the Paris Orchestra Choir – also dressed as the former Queen of France but in black – lined the river bank as mezzo-soprano Viotti performed. Donated by the OCOG