The enticing Ogler, he is coiffed with a hat à la Mexborough and dressed in a striped Coat. Oglers. - "Paris is full of these ruthless oglers who plant themselves in front of you and fix their immobile and confident eyes on your person: this custom no longer passes as indecent, by becoming common. Women … Continue reading Galerie des Modes, 58e Cahier, 6e Figure
Category: 18th century
Galerie des Modes, 58e Cahier, 5e Figure
Stock-jobber of the Palais Royal, at the public school, he is dressed in a morning Coat and coiffed with a Jockey Hat. "... An élégant whose ears and feet offer to view the most extraordinary buckles, we approached; he had one of these hats in the form of a bell, which have never coiffed anyone well; … Continue reading Galerie des Modes, 58e Cahier, 5e Figure
Galerie des Modes, 58e Cahier, 4e Figure
The Adonhiramite Philosopher,* dressed in a light Coat trimmed with oval Buttons in English Steel: walking on the Boulevards. "Of indecent short gilets, shameless breeches, without pockets, and which cannot hold an écu coin nor a watch, this is the strange dress of the day. The fool of the bon ton, gloved in his clothes, could … Continue reading Galerie des Modes, 58e Cahier, 4e Figure
Galerie des Modes, 58e Figure, 3e Figure
Imposing Woman in the Jardin du Roi, dressed in a Redingote à l'Anglomane, Straw Hat trimmed with Folettes etc. etc. "Le Jardin du Roi", at the top of the rue Saint-Victor, across from the Pitié. This garden is divided into a top and bottom; in the upper part is a mound called a labyrinth: one … Continue reading Galerie des Modes, 58e Figure, 3e Figure
Galerie des Modes, 58e Cahier, 2e Figure
Gallant with beautiful watch, looking for the sun at noon to check it, he is dressed in a ciselé Velvet Coat, egg-shaped Buttons, English Stockings, etc. Baron's Costume. "Scarlet frock coat, with black collar higher than the ears, to better set off his face, and six-franc coins for buttons: black gilet with three rows of … Continue reading Galerie des Modes, 58e Cahier, 2e Figure