Person
Marie-Jeanne [Rose] Bertin
- Events
- 1
- Episodes
- 2
- Years
- 1776
Every event in Historedia whose sources name Marie-Jeanne [Rose] Bertin, with the role they cite and all of that event’s episodes. This is not a biography, and mentions are grouped by name, so two people with the same name can share this page.
Events and episodes
Founding of Marchandes de Modes
1776Role: Head of the newly created guild
- Relaxation of entry requirements for fashion merchants
From 1776 onwards, women no longer needed to be the wife of a mercer to work as a fashion merchant in Paris.
- Creation of the Marchandes de modes guild
An August 1776 reorganisation of guild structures created a Paris guild for fashion merchants, feather-dressers, and flower-makers, headed by Marie-Jeanne [Rose] Bertin.
- Relaxation of entry requirements for fashion merchants
Sources
- Marchande de modes Wikipedia, revision of 2026-01-18