D+Tailor



 **Age:** 24  **Gender:** Male  **Occupation:** Tailor  **Social Class:** Third Estate  **Financial situation:** Has enough money for himself and his parents.  **Appearance:** Pale skinned, brown, curly hair, gentle yet serious brown eyes. Tall and skinny. Wears a serious expression for most of the time. ** Location of home and/or business: ** In the Paris region ** Habitual locations: ** Homes of his clients, his workshop, his house. ** Daily routine: ** Goes to his client's house to take the measurements for the clothes he will be making, buys the garments needed with the money from the client, works on the clothing in his workshop. Also buys food for his parents and himself. ** Personality/Quirks/Unique Personality Traits: ** Nice, respectful yet very thorough with his opinions. Very good with his hands. Intelligent and thoughtful. Not very sociable but friendly when needed. Passionate for all his doings. ** Past / Family History: ** Léon's parents taught Léon how to be a good tailor during his childhood. He was to take over his parent's workshop located on the outskirts of Paris, which was a small business. Lives with his parents and works in the small workshop in central Paris that he recieved as the last gift from his parents for a successful future. ** Family: ** Mother, father ** Social relations with your own and other classes (people you deal with or know about in other classes, AND your opinions and feelings about them): ** - Monseigneur: goes to his church. (A very nice priest in the local church) - Marquis: one of the clients (Selfish and bratty with his money) - Groom: one of the clients (A friendly man with love dedicated to his wife) <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 19.2px;">- Wig maker: close friend/worker (Trustworthy partner) <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 19.2px;">- Blacksmith: close friend (Childhood friend) <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 19.2px;">- Abbot: one of the clients (A nice man and a very important figure to Léon) <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 19.2px;">- Philosophe: one of the clients (A lunatic man that does not like the Revolution) <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 19.2px;">- Mother of 6: a neighbor (A hardworking woman that stays positive) <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 19.2px;">- Midwife: a neighbor (A friendly woman that lives close by)

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">** Religion: ** Catholic <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">** Education: ** Learned how to read and write French and how to become a tailor from his parents. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">** Style of speaking (i.e. formal, "down-to-earth", crude): ** Formal French <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">** Main privileges and/or conflicts: ** With his job, Léon is able to expand his relationships with the nobles and people in the First and Second Estates. He is invited to all the exclusive parties because he designed the clothes for the hosts or the guests. However, sometimes his clients does not like his work and ends in a bad relation with him. It also takes a lot of time and effort to design and make a suit or clothing which takes away his free time.

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<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; text-align: center;">February 13th, 1788 I'm finally home with my parents after a long day of work. A wedding was taking place in a few weeks and I was to visit the groom and the bride's house to start planning out the clothes for their wedding. The couple was from the houses of rich nobles and when I entered their household, I was not surprised when I saw different unique ornaments all around the residence. The bride was a beautiful woman with long golden hair and sparkling blue eyes however her personality was brisk and arrogant. The groom was an ordinary French man with messy brown hair and warm chocolate eyes that radiated his love for the lady. I could tell that he really cared for her with all his heart and I wanted to do my best to make their wedding a special moment. In the morning I took their measurements while the wig maker showed different types of wigs to the groom. The bride was sensitive about getting her body measured and it took several hours just getting all the measurements needed. The whole morning flew away just like that and I got to talk to the bride about what she wanted in her bridal dress. Her fashion was focused on flashy jewelries, garments, and laces. She insisted on using silk for her dress with tons of white laces and gold jewelries. The groom said that he would be happy with anything that I made for him and personally asked me to make the bride's dress the best one I have ever made so far. With all the suggestions taken from the bride, I hurried to my workshop to get started on the dress. For the rest of the afternoon, I planned the basic design of the dress, which would look simple yet distinctive from any other bridal dresses. My good friend Gaston suggested some details on the dress and by sunset, I was able to have a basic idea of what the dress is going to look like. Then, I had to pack quickly and go to the marketplace to buy food for supper. I bought a small portion of chicken stew and a baguette for the night. I had to pay a lot more than what I used to pay for a baguette and this disturbed me. However, I had no time to waste. When I arrived home, mother and father were waiting for me and we ate the stew while we discussed about the wedding dress. Father suggested on using one of his sewing techniques that he learned from his mother. Dinner ended shortly after and I scheduled my visit to the fabric store tomorrow. I also made a plan to visit the blacksmith, Jean, because it was a ritual for me to visit him at least once in a week. Maybe he'll offer me some ideas to go with the dress. The following weeks were going to be fairly busy and I'm going to have to work swiftly if I don't want to be fired. Hopefully, tomorrow will be a little bit better with the work load but I promise to you, diary, that I will try my best to make the best wedding dress out there.



//1906 Queen Victoria Eugenie's (Ena) Wedding Gown//. Photograph. Web. 5 Dec. 2011. <https://docs.google.com/a/student.kis.or.kr/document/d/1j3D_Z3LyVT5mOeWHJ_a-lMVZSKPpDCrcf3Z8SENHjX4/edit?hl=en_US>.



<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; text-align: center;">**July 27th, 1789**
Things have changed so much from just one year ago. People that belong in the Third Estate has finally exploded with their anger and hatred for King Louis XVI after the Meeting of the Estates-General, which took place in June. It was such a quick change in a short period of time and I can sense the tension between the Estates. When I visited the Abbot's house last month to measure him, I heard him talking to the Monseigneur about his nervousness about the revolt from the Third Estate. If the Third Estate stood up and used violence, the First Estate was going to face problems. Now that the Third Estate did exactly what the First and Second Estate were fearing of, France was out of control. At first I was not interested in this rapid change in France because I thought the Third Estate would calm down after having a meeting. However, the table turned when they continued on arguing and ended up with storming all the way to Bastille. Even my best friend Gaston Moreau came to my workshop to discuss about the progress of the revolution. He participated in the Tennis Court Oath and he strongly argued for equality in all French men. I slowly began to understand why people were so determined about this change in France. I remembered back to the time when I suffered for the first time because of the high taxes and that one time when the bread price was just too high for me. It was time for a change but was this the right timing to do so? What if the Third Estate failed to achieve its goals of creating equality for all men? I'm going to stay neutral in case anything happens but according to Gaston, France might actually change from this. I'm going to have to keep my eyes wide open and see how it's going. Gaston is still trying to persuade me into joining his cause but for the sake of my parents, I keep refusing his offer. Will King Louis XVI step up as a real king or will the citizens turn over that mind set?



//Storming of Bastille//. Photograph. Web. 6 Dec. 2011. <http://0.tqn.com/d/europeanhistory/1/0/B/J/HultonArchiveStormingBastille2.jpg>.

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; text-align: center;">**May 6th, 1801**

It's been 8 years since King Louis XVI's death. France has been in chaos for a long time and somebody stepped in to stop the mess. Napoleon Bonaparte is our new leader and he's been doing a pretty good job of slowly restoring our country. He made changes based on the Third Estate's complaints to solve problems such as making tax collection more fair. When I visited the philosophe's house to fix his clothes last week, he was cursing about how the boundaries between each estates were disappearing due to these new changes. Since the First and Second Estates didn't have to pay taxes for most of the time, I guess they were angry about having to pay them now. Napoleon also started public schools for commoners. Pénélope Pierre was perhaps the happiest person to hear this news since she has six children to take care of and education was finally available to people in the Third Estate. Her midwife, whom I met during a visit to Pénélope, seemed to like Napoleon and his actions. Overall, Napoleon made satisfactory changes for at least the Third Estate with ideas from the revolution. However, I noticed Napoleon's thirst for new land and battles. Recently, he sent soldiers to conquer an island in the Americas and I had a feeling that this wouldn't be his only time trying to get land. Also, he used power to take control of the government, which made everyone be afraid of him. This made me kind of worried for the new leader because too much of something is always not good. If he goes overboard with his desire for conquering, France might be in big trouble again. Hopefully, he will not do something so reckless. With Napoleon leading the nation, I think we might rise to the top once again. Until then, I'll keep praying for the return of peace in our country.



//French Flag Flying//. Photograph. Web. 8 Dec. 2011. <http://www1.american.edu/dlublin/images/luxembourg/lux9.jpg>.