The frisky Lisette on a morning walk in the Jardin du Luxembourg: she is coiffed with a pouf à la Almaviva and dressed in a caraco and petticoat of taffeta striped à la Baroco. (1786)
“It was useless to recommend to our young beauties walking exercise, if fashion was mixed on it. One tronchined* because coquetry found something in it. The négligé toilette is a refinement of the art of pleasing. A fine and delicate waist never fears to show itself in a caraco; the other sort is best in the gown à la polonaise and the pulled in mantelet. The shadow of an ample calash lends more piquancy to the attractions which dread the brightness of the day. A beautiful hand rounds itself on a cane which has no other use; frail ornament, that reluctantly takes these to which it becomes a necessary support.”
* Took morning walks; from the name of Theodore Tronchin.
Mimic of Modes 