There's a cliché that, historically, an eligible maiden would have been very fashionable, a married woman with children would fall behind the times, and an older matron would cling to the styles of years past. This has always bothered me, in part because it seems like an over-correlation to modern attitudes: teenagers and twenty-somethings today … Continue reading Older Women and Fashion
Category: 18th century
Galerie des Modes, 39e Cahier, 5e Figure
Boston MFA 44.1536 Coiffure from Iphigénie en Tauride Hat à la Pennsylvania or the New Clarisse* Hat à la Zinsarra Riding hat * Probably a reference to Dereste's Emilie, ou, la Nouvelle Clarisse or a different version of the same story Hat à l'économie du Siècle Hat à la Printemps Hat à la Grenade or the Glorious Destiny Hat … Continue reading Galerie des Modes, 39e Cahier, 5e Figure
Galerie des Modes, 39e Cahier, 4e Figure
Boston MFA 44.1535 Coiffure à la Rethel-mazarin* Coiffure à la Villers Coiffure à la Veuve de Malabar** Coiffure à la Cleophile * The duchy of Rethel became the duchy of Mazarin in 1663 ** A tragedy by Antoine-Marin Lemierre originally of 1770 Coiffure à la Fleuricourt Coiffure of Venus's cape Coiffure à la Montmédy Coiffure … Continue reading Galerie des Modes, 39e Cahier, 4e Figure
Galerie des Modes, 39e Cahier, 3e Figure
Boston MFA 44.1534 Coiffure à la Jeannette Coiffure à la Jamaique Coiffure with large Curls with a Hat decorated with flowers Coiffure à l'Enfance Negligé Cap Pouf of a new taste called à la Stradre* Reversed tapet surmounted by a Pouf with box pleats, pearls, and two Tassels called à la Couronne Coiffure in rolled and … Continue reading Galerie des Modes, 39e Cahier, 3e Figure
Galerie des Modes, 39e Cahier, 2e Figure
Boston MFA 44.1533 Round Cap with two rows of Linen [ruffles] with wide hems, streaked ribbon Round Cap with two rows of Linen [ruffles] with wide hems, ribbon tied in a bow, with a kerchief à la Marmotte Round Dormeuse Cap or morning coiffure Baigneuse of a new taste called the Galant Negligé Peasant cornette Cap à la … Continue reading Galerie des Modes, 39e Cahier, 2e Figure
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