Philosophy in the Bedroom filmed it, as "L'educazione sentimentale di Eugenie" (2005). In 2003, a play based on "Philosophy in the Bedroom" titled "XXX" was staged in a number of European cities. It featured live simulated sex and audience interaction that caused some controversy. Philosophy in the Bedroom Philosophy in the Boudoir ("La philosophie dans le boudoir") is a 1795 book by the Marquis de Sade written in the form of a dramatic dialogue. Though initially considered a work of pornography, the book has come to be considered a socio-political drama. Set in a bedroom, the two lead characters make the argument that the
Paris in the 18th century and architectural ornament for the royal palaces and for the new town houses of the nobility in the "Faubourg Saint-Germain". Fashion and haute couture was a flourishing business in the mid and late 18th century, as the aristocrats copied the styles of clothing worn by the Queen and her court, and the wives of Paris bankers and wealthy merchants copied the styles worn by the aristocrats. The fashion industry was formally born in 1776, when the guild of fashion merchants ("marchands de mode"), along with plume merchants and florists, was officially separated from the "mercers", those who sold ordinary clothing.