Young Lady ready to ride horseback: she is dressed in a great redingote à l'Allemande* with a galant hat. (1787) "We have seen, under the preceding reigns, dances, entire ballets executed with horses.  It would be rather pleasant for fashion to bring back these amusements.  The taste that our beautiful Ladies begin to take for … Continue reading Galerie des Modes, 53e Cahier, 3e Figure

Young woman preserving herself from bad air: she is dress in a redingote à l'Anglaise and coiffed with a cap à la matineuse. (1787) "Here is Fashion and she comes herself to instruct us.  For at least fifteen days, retrench the plumes and your coiffure.  While you murmur about it, and while I myself complain … Continue reading Galerie des Modes, 53e Cahier, 2e Figure

Young Lady dreaming on sweet mystery: she is dressed in a pretty redingote with steel buttons and a hat à la Contat.* (1787) "There are some days that we have seen at the Palais Royal an elegant petit maîtresse, superb, dressed in a redingote and a coupé gilet, in the manner of those worn by men … Continue reading Galerie des Modes, 53e Cahier, 1ere Figure