Robe à la Piémontaise: these gowns have pleats in the back, like the robes à la Française, but these pleats are applied after cutting, like the skirts of a gown, and form a type of cape, which attaches in the back at the top of the collar; this mantua is left to hang. Sometimes the Ladies cover the body or pull it up under the arms with much grace.
Coiffure à la Syrienne: it is a usual herisson, caressed by a ribbon which forms an alliance with a barriere or pearls; at the center of their meeting point a black brush, in the shape of an aigrette, pulls it up and is supported by a diamond fastening. The two ends of the ribbon, after having designated the love-locks in the back, escape at the two sides in streamers, cross the second curl, and come to rest on a breast as white as an albatross, which a gauze kerchief screens from curious looks.
Mimic of Modes 
so playful!
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