Young élégante dressed in a pierrot with pockets and redingote sleeves, plain muslin petticoat, flowered linen apron: coiffed with a beaver hat. (1787) "... This woman is frisé like men, with three curls on the forehead at each side, a broad, squared grecque, and a large cadogan in the back. "One sees that the hat is bent … Continue reading Galerie des Modes, 54e Cahier, 6e Figure
Category: 1780s
Galerie des Modes, 54e Cahier, 5e Figure
Young woman dressed in a summer redingote in red wool trimmed with fashionable buttons, chignon à la conseillere with a steel coulant:* straw hat trimmed with ribbons. (1787) "As far as we've looked into antiquity, we cannot remember having ever seen women's fashion being the same as men's in color, as well as the form … Continue reading Galerie des Modes, 54e Cahier, 5e Figure
Galerie des Modes, 54e Cahier, 4e Figure
Pretty woman in a morning baigneuse, pierrot with revers and diamond-shaped steel buttons, the petticoat of plain muslin, flounce of the same: she holds a grapevine cane. (1787) Costume of the Marquise. - "Pierrot and petticoat of embroidered linen, trimmed with lace, pink underpetticoat, kerchief trimmed with seven collars per side; hat à la caravanne, two … Continue reading Galerie des Modes, 54e Cahier, 4e Figure
Galerie des Modes, 54e Cahier, 3e Figure
Petit Maître at the Palais Royal in a morning frock coat trimmed with striped, lozenge-shaped steel buttons, leather breeches and morning boots: he is coiffed with an English hat with a high crown. (1787) Cane. - "It has replaced the sword, which is not longer habitually worn. One runs through the morning, a badine in the … Continue reading Galerie des Modes, 54e Cahier, 3e Figure
Galerie des Modes, 54e Cahier, 2e Figure
Redingote of violet taffeta, revers, collar, and cuffs white, steel buttons, striped and spotted muslin petticoat: puce straw hat trimmed with large steel buckles: it is edged and belted with black velvet. (1787) "Women's clothing must have a sex; and this dress must contrast with ours. A woman must be woman from head to foot: … Continue reading Galerie des Modes, 54e Cahier, 2e Figure