Rose Bertin

Marie-Jeanne Bertin
Born2 July 1747
Abbeville
Died22 September 1813
Épinay-sur-Seine
NationalityFrench
Other namesRose Bertin
OccupationFashion merchant
Bertin's shop front at 26 rue de Richelieu, c.1805
Marie Antoinette de Lorraine-Habsbourg and Her Children by Élisabeth-Louise Vigée-Le Brun (1787)
Versailles, Musée national du Château et des Trianons
The Queen is shown in an up-to-date outfit created by Bertin.

Marie-Jeanne "Rose" Bertin (2 July 1747, Abbeville, Picardy, France – 22 September 1813, Épinay-sur-Seine) was a French fashion merchant. She was particularly noted for her work with Queen Marie Antoinette.[1] Bertin was the first celebrated French fashion designer and is widely credited with having brought fashion and haute couture to the forefront of popular culture.

  1. ^ Kesterton, Zara (2024). "Artificial Flowers in the Credit Records of an Eighteenth-Century French Fashion Merchant". The Historical Journal. doi:10.1017/S0018246X24000360. ISSN 0018-246X.

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