Cassidy Percoco, Fashion Historian
January 20, 1787 PLATE III If we have hardly showed anything but men and women, women and men, for a long time; if we neglected to separately show different objects which are useful for the toilette or decoration, it's that when we tried last year, many Ladies, apparently fearing that we were busying ourselves too … Continue reading Magasin des Modes, 7e Cahier, Plate III
It looks like I made a Twitter thread on this back in February of 2020, and while I always intended to turn it into a blog post, I suppose it's not surprising that I, er, forgot about it. But I've been thinking about the basic late Georgian hairstyle for a long time, ever since a … Continue reading Late Georgian Hairstyles: Fewer Buns Than You'd Think
December 30, 1786 In the twelfth Book of the first Year, we showed four new Buckles, seen from the side, to mark the effect on the instep; we show three newer ones here, shown in full-face, to show the length and width. While we showed the four in the twelfth Book of the first Year, … Continue reading Magasin des Modes, 5e Cahier, Plate III
Queen Charlotte presented the young George III as a hard-working man with no interest in love or marriage, requiring his mother to seek out a spouse for him to ensure the continuation of the British monarchy. You might be interested to know that the real George in fact sought out his own romance at this … Continue reading Not Really "Queen Charlotte": Lady Sarah Lennox
Disclaimer: Lady Whistledown makes it very clear at the opening of the show that this is an alternate universe from reality, so I never expected it to line up with real history and I do not fault it as “wrong” for not doing so! But I will be comparing what happens on the show with … Continue reading Review: Queen Charlotte (2023), Part II – The History
Mimic of Modes 