Redingote of white taffeta relieved à la militaire with a simple collar, petticoat in pink taffeta brocaded with black and edged with white, yellow straw hat with a lilac ribbon striped with white: the ground of the top of the crown striped pink and white. (1787) "Is there a very great difference between the French … Continue reading Galerie des Modes, 54e Cahier, 1ere Figure

  Young Lady dressed in a redingote buttoned to the bottom with fashionable buttons: she is coiffed with a bonnet-chapeau. (1787) "We have said ... that women hardly go out in the morning in night caps, when they are not fully dressed; we must add here that many put on a chapeau-bonnette over their night caps. … Continue reading Galerie des Modes, 53e Cahier, 4e Figure

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