September 1, 1786 PLATE III. THERE is no doubt that one wants to learn, at least once, how our Ladies dress at Court, and if, in their full parure, they vary their gowns; if they are subjected to the vicissitudes of Fashion. At first glance on the Lady shown in the IIIrd Plate, on will … Continue reading Cabinet des Modes, 20e Cahier, 3e Figure
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Cabinet des Modes, 20e Cahier, 2e Figure
September 1, 1786 PLATE II. LIKE the Lady drawn in the Ist PLATE, we have thought to represent in this a man in half-mourning. We would have given one in full mourning in the eighteenth Issue; but we would not be able to say to have given a fashionable man. Here is how a very-great … Continue reading Cabinet des Modes, 20e Cahier, 2e Figure
Cabinet des Modes, 20e Cahier, 1ere Figure
September 1, 1786 FIRST PLATE. A Lady of the highest quality, that we would have a very-great pleasure in naming, to give all our Subscribers the idea of a perfect woman, was seen, some days ago, at the Garden of the Tuileries, in the outfit that we have represented in the Ist Plate. This time, … Continue reading Cabinet des Modes, 20e Cahier, 1ere Figure
Cabinet des Modes, 19e Cahier, 3e Figure
August 15, 1786 PLATE III. WHAT we should add to what we have said on Coaches, in the eleventh Issue, is that it is generally thought that it is Louis XIV who first put glass in his, and in Post Chaises. Before him only leather or wood doors were used, which were not entirely closed, … Continue reading Cabinet des Modes, 19e Cahier, 3e Figure
Cabinet des Modes, 19e Cahier. 2e Figure
August 15, 1786 PLATE II. One wears successively caracos of white muslin, with pink stripes or white satin stripes, and caracos of taffeta, or of another colored stuff. None has pleased us more than the slightly light puce caraco, accompanied by a pink taffeta petticoat. There is no doubt that this is only what we … Continue reading Cabinet des Modes, 19e Cahier. 2e Figure
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