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Empire style (à l'Empire): the neoclassical fashion of Napoleon I's First Empire (1804–1814), characterized by high waists directly under the bosom, low necklines, long sleeves, and light fabrics with minimal understructure. ↩
Louise de La Vallière (1644–1710): favourite of Louis XIV, famous for her blonde beauty and gentle manner. The comparison suggests cascading ringlets and a softly romantic look. ↩
The Duc de Nemours (1814–1896) was the son of King Louis-Philippe and a prominent Orléanist pretender. The Comtesse d'Eu was Princess Isabel of Brazil, wife of Gaston d'Orléans, Comte d'Eu — not actually a future empress, but in line for the Brazilian throne. ↩
Gounod's Faust (1859) was the most frequently performed opera at the Paris Opéra in this period. ↩
The Théâtre-Italien (also called Salle Ventadour or Théâtre des Italiens) was the Paris home of Italian opera — particularly Patti's season. ↩
Marie Van Zandt (1858–1919): American coloratura soprano who had a great success in Paris in this period, creating the role of Lakmé at the Opéra-Comique in 1883. Saint-Amand was evidently hoping to advance both a stage Marie and a society Marie simultaneously. ↩