Fashion Victim

Paris 1577 King Henri III gives famous couturier Pic Saint Loup a crucial diplomatic mission He must go to Spain to make a magnificent gown for the wedding of the Kings nephew to the daughter of a Spanish noble The trouble is that the real creative brains behind Saint Loups outfit is his Moorish assistant while his perfumer is a Marano Jew and his hairdresser is out loud and very proud And Catholic Spain in the grip of the Inquisition is no place for Arabs Jews and homosexuals Saint Loup is anything but heterosexual To make matters worse his secretary is an undercover Protestant plotting revenge for the St Bartholomews Day massacre and the father of the bride turns out to be the Chief Inquisitor of Cordoba