Young Officer in a Zebra Coat, calling someone to give an account of his services. "The zebra of the king's cabinet has become the model of the current fashion; all fabrics are striped, coats, gilets, resemble the skin of the handsome onager. Men, young and old, are in stripes from head to toe: the stockings … Continue reading Galerie des Modes, 61e Cahier, 5e Figure
Category: 18th century
Galerie des Modes, 61e Cahier, 4e Figure
The young Zuma in a Redingote closed with Buttons à l'Anglaise and in a Cap à la Courvil. "When you see a fashion begin to overburden itself, you can say: its end approaches, and in a little while it will be destroyed. As we must not stop variety in fabrics, in colors, in the distribution … Continue reading Galerie des Modes, 61e Cahier, 4e Figure
Galerie des Modes, 61e Cahier, 3e Figure
Young Lady in a Winter Redingote and a Hat à la Genlis.* "In the current times, when the majority of minds are much less carried by the idea of pleasures, and when people hardly take any other leisures than reciprocating visits, our ladies dress more in robes parées or demi-négligés, than in caracos, jackets, or pierrots. … Continue reading Galerie des Modes, 61e Cahier, 3e Figure
The Fourreau
When people are discussing eighteenth-century gown styles, the fourreau does not rank alongside the polonaise and turque; in fact, it never seems to come up at all. The main, traditional meaning of fourreau was for a child's dress. In Garsault's L'Art de la Lingere, infants are described as wearing various pieces of the layette until they reach … Continue reading The Fourreau
Galerie des Modes, 61e Cahier, 2e Figure
The tranquil Egle dreaming of the inclination of her heart. She is Dressed in a Fourreau à l'Enfant and Coiffed à la Flore. " ... The courtesans in the realm give the tone and are copied at will by other women, of some condition that they could be. Lais* going out to an orgy perceives that … Continue reading Galerie des Modes, 61e Cahier, 2e Figure
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