Cassidy Percoco, Fashion Historian
Toilettes by Mme Bréant-Castel, 58 1/2 Rue St. Anne. Redingote of unbleached-linen-colored taffeta, with scalloped edges, trimmed with a thick piping of lilac taffeta; the redingote is open in front over an undergown of lilac taffeta, edged with a narrow box-pleated flounce; this undergown is not a full gown, and is made of two pieces … Continue reading La Mode Illustrée, May 14, 1865
This plate, taken from La Mode Illustrée in April of 1864, shows four "novelties" available at the Magasins du Louvre in Paris.
I was so pleased to be asked to speak at the History Symposium this past month! It was a fantastic experience, and I strongly recommend that readers check out the rest of their offerings -- there are years' worth of presentations on all sorts of topics relating to the early nineteenth century, particularly the War … Continue reading “Much Depends on the Proper Display of the Contour”: Corsetry in the Early Nineteenth Century
This is a concept I've had issues with for a long time. I don't tend to think about it (as I prefer to think we've moved past it as a field), but a couple of weekends ago it came up in a paper at an event I was attending and I started trying to formulate … Continue reading What’s the Deal with the Great Male Renunciation?
February 10, 1787 HERE IS Carneval expiring: let us finish speaking of ball dress along with it. We have only shown dress for bals parés (1) in the last two Issues; it is just that we would speak of dress at bals masqués, at least in ending. For the bals masqués of honest people, and … Continue reading Magasin des Modes, 10e Cahier, Plate II
Mimic of Modes 