“Women come closer as much as they can to our practices. They actually wear suits, as they engage in male occupations; with the difference, however, that they seem only to adopt such suits and such manners that men have abandoned. We no longer cover ourselves with long, three-collared redingotes; women wear them. Our watches are now trimmed with simple cords; women burden their with a quantity of trinkets. Our Petit-Maîtres of the latest taste work their hands into their pockets or their arms dangling; women play with a toy or a light cane in their hands; their hair is now tied very low in a large cadogan, because ours is braided à la Panurge, or put in a queue.”
Le Magasin des Modes, July 15, 1786
* “A little crazy”, used in a directional manner – the way the plumes lean in different directions.
Mimic of Modes 
Dear Cassidy,Hmm, now that's a wearable outfit. Some of the recent plates have been so full of flying fabric that they've overwhelmed their wearers. Les Aimiables suffoqué! :)Very best,Natalie
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Most of them do seem to be wrapped up in mantelets, with their petticoats billowing everywhere, don't they? But I think we're moving into more jackets soon!
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