Titled “Versailles: Science and Splendor,” a new exhibition illustrates how the royal court encouraged innovation during the reigns of Louis XIV, Louis XV and Louis XVI Sonja Anderson Daily ...

STEPHEN SMITH, the presenter of A Day in the Life of Andy Warhol, compares the courts of Warhol and the original Sun King, Louis XIV - casting The Factory as a 1960s version of the Palace of ...

King Louis XIV of France sent the popularity of heels ... in Western Europe so it wasn’t long before everyone at the court was wearing heels and also adding an inch or two to their height.