Lévite trimmed with brandenburgs and cords in a sharp color on the parements and on the ground of the gown; the flat trimming of the petticoat is in the color of the brandenburgs. This figure is coiffed with a Devonshire hat, or Spa hat: this fashion was brought from this city to the Court of … Continue reading Galerie des Modes, 27e Cahier, 6e Figure
Category: 1770s
Galerie des Modes, 27e Cahier, 5e Figure
Dress called à la Créole, composed of what the French Ladies in America wear: it is a large muslin gown with fitted sleeves that tighten at the cuff; the gown is a little fitted at the waist and freed around the throat in the taste of a shift: it is however very easy and open … Continue reading Galerie des Modes, 27e Cahier, 5e Figure
Galerie des Modes, 27e Cahier, 4e Figure
Young Lady holding her infant in her arms; she is dressed in a caraco à la Polonaise with bands and piping in another color: the bands are edged with a little blonde lace. She is coiffed with a pretty straw hat edged with ribbon, with a trimming of gauze in the shape of a mushroom, … Continue reading Galerie des Modes, 27e Cahier, 4e Figure
Galerie des Modes, 27e Cahier, 3e Figure
Robe à la Turque or type of Circassienne, but different than the others; it has a collar like a Lévite, and a very large white scarf knotted at the waist: the petticoat is coupé: no trimming. This gown, which we will show in profile and from the back, attracted all the eyes of the Public, … Continue reading Galerie des Modes, 27e Cahier, 3e Figure
Galerie des Modes, 27e Cahier, 2e Figure
Changeable taffeta gown, trimmed with white taffeta with a chiné print in diverse colors, and decorated with blonde lace on the edges of the trimming; the hat is belted with a roulé ribbon. (1779) Robe with chiné trimming. This Gown in a Polonaise, leaving the throat uncovered. It fastens in front, over a compere forming … Continue reading Galerie des Modes, 27e Cahier, 2e Figure
Mimic of Modes 