Cassidy Percoco, Fashion Historian
10 February 1787 ENGLISH FASHIONS. WHO wins for taste, English Ladies or French Ladies? who knows best how to choose their colors, the shape of their garments, the manner of doing their hair, the uniformity or matching of their clothes? who knows best how to adorn their air, their person? We leave this question to … Continue reading Magasin des Modes, 9e Cahier, Plate II
Despite the details that we gave in the preceding Issue on all the forms of caracos, of justes, of Turkish caracos, of little jackets, all has not yet been said.
Embroidery is routinely used in historical fiction to represent women's oppression. And I ask, why? And what if it weren't like that?
30 January 1787 Two Busts of women. The first Woman, dressed in a violet satin gown, wears a cap à la Turque. This cap is composed in front with a sort of batiste turban, with very wide black and white stripes, designed in points, and in the back with a very thick tuft of … Continue reading Magasin des Modes, 8e Cahier, Plate II
Welcome, Substack followers! I've consolidated my older Blogger content and my more recent Substack posts onto this WordPress site, and I'll be posting here from now on. Please excuse the bare-bones design - I'm working on bringing this up to scratch! For today, please enjoy this translation of eighteenth-century fashion magazine, Magasin des Modes. 30 … Continue reading Magasin des Modes, 8e Cahier, Plate I
Mimic of Modes 