Gentlewoman dressed in a Caraco, coiffed with a "Doll" cap in filet lace, trimmed with streaked liserés. (1778) Type of Polonaise Caraco, entirely closed in the front and not very décolleté, also called the Caraco à la dévoté. A band of gathered gauze is the trim; the volant is very high, with two rows of … Continue reading Galerie des Modes, 10e Cahier, 6e Figure
Category: 1770s
Galerie des Modes, 10e Cahier, 5e Figure
Genteel woman at her toilette, folding a letter. (1778) Without extending here on the origin and antiquity of toilettes, we must confine ourselves to remark that a toilette is now an indispensable piece of furniture for all people; whether they have pretensions or are out of style. There are closed toilettes and dressed ones; the … Continue reading Galerie des Modes, 10e Cahier, 5e Figure
Galerie des Modes, 10e Cahier, 4e Figure
Middle class Actor studying his role while walking. (1778) Though the Dress of Men is less varied than that of Women, yet the little-masters are come to spread a great diversity in material, in trims and accessories; informal suits felt the strangest and most changes: we have occasion to give one by the following detailed … Continue reading Galerie des Modes, 10e Cahier, 4e Figure
Galerie des Modes, 10e Cahier, 3e Figure
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
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
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