Young Lady in a Polonaise with Circassienne sleeves, trimmed with filet lace manchettes, and coiffed in a baigneuse with two filet lace lappets. (1778) Naturalists, with their experience, teach us that the mixture of different species only produces monsters: it is not the same in the kingdom of costume, the empire of Fashion. The alliances … Continue reading Galerie des Modes, 10e Cahier, 3e Figure
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Galerie des Modes, 10e Cahier, 2e Figure
Young Lady in a morning peignoir, occupied in reading; she is coiffed en chien couchant with a negligée cap trimmed with black lace, the two lappets pulled up in the back and a rolled ribbon on a blonde lace barrier. (1778) The elegance of certain peignoirs has put the toilette table among the morning deshabillé: … Continue reading Galerie des Modes, 10e Cahier, 2e Figure
Galerie des Modes, 10e Cahier, 1e Figure
Young Woman in a Circassienne of puce Italian gauze, with a petticoat of the same gauze covering another pink petticoat trimmed on the bottom with gauze pinned with a blue ribbon attached with Flowers and tassels and bouillonné gauze, and with manchettes of filet lace. Coiffed with a Hat en coquille, decorated with Flowers and … Continue reading Galerie des Modes, 10e Cahier, 1e Figure
Galerie des Modes, 9e Cahier, 6e Figure
Young lady on her morning walk, in a Polonaise trimmed in pipes, two watches at her sides, coiffed in a new, elegant pouf. (1778) Winged polonaise. These polonaises are made of the heaviest stuff, such as part-silk, moire,* and other similar trims; but they require the lightest: the tail, pulled high with ribbons in bows … Continue reading Galerie des Modes, 9e Cahier, 6e Figure
Galerie des Modes, 9e Cahier, 5e Figure
Elegant bourgeoise walking in the Country, dressed in a morning Polonaise with a Cap in the new taste. (1778) The Mantelet is a type of little overcoat or light drapery, intended to cover the upper part of the body; it is kept out of the formal parure, but it has become so favored that one … Continue reading Galerie des Modes, 9e Cahier, 5e Figure
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