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Galerie des Modes, 58e Cahier, 6e Figure

October 30, 2013February 28, 2024 ~ Cassidy Percoco ~ 1 Comment

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

Galerie des Modes, 58e Cahier, 5e Figure

October 29, 2013February 28, 2024 ~ Cassidy Percoco ~ 1 Comment

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

October 28, 2013 ~ Cassidy Percoco ~ 1 Comment

 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

October 25, 2013February 28, 2024 ~ Cassidy Percoco ~ Leave a comment

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

October 24, 2013February 28, 2024 ~ Cassidy Percoco ~ 2 Comments

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

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