The return of the vanity
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By Rukmini Callimachi
The New York Times
Nearly three centuries ago, the business of governing the world ran past a woman’s dressing table.
It was the year 1748, and Europe had just emerged from a devastating continental war. Empires were being divided, borders redrawn. That December, when the grounds at Versailles were dark and dreary, an extraordinary line had formed inside the palace.
It wasn’t outside the king’s apartment. Nor his ministers’. For hours on end, courtiers, ambassadors, financi
The New York Times
Nearly three centuries ago, the business of governing the world ran past a woman’s dressing table.
It was the year 1748, and Europe had just emerged from a devastating continental war. Empires were being divided, borders redrawn. That December, when the grounds at Versailles were dark and dreary, an extraordinary line had formed inside the palace.
It wasn’t outside the king’s apartment. Nor his ministers’. For hours on end, courtiers, ambassadors, financi
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