Taffeta circassienne with bands of ribbons, with a petticoat of another color trimmed with gauze in little box pleats, and trimmed with three large bands of different colored ribbons. (1779) CIRCASSIENNE À L'ENFANT,* trimmed with flat bands: the two sides [of the bands] are accompanied by little gauze bands; "Peasant" sleeves, petticoat matching the Gown, … Continue reading Galerie des Modes, 21e Cahier, 6e Figure
Category: 18th century
The Mysterious Contouche
I have always been a little bit confused about the contouche. It doesn't come up when I check period French dictionaries, and modern sources define it as either the robe battante/volante, the robe à la française, or both. When I bought a second-hand copy of The Pictorial Encyclopedia of Fashion (1972), I was happy to … Continue reading The Mysterious Contouche
Galerie des Modes, 21e Cahier, 5e Figure
Taffeta polonaise trimmed with indienne borders, spotted gauze therèse over a round cap belted with a head-band knotted negligently. (1779) Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; … Continue reading Galerie des Modes, 21e Cahier, 5e Figure
Galerie des Modes, 21e Cahier, 4e Figure
Young Lady coiffed with an English hat called a chapeau à la Turque, trimmed with flowers and gauze; she is dressed in a Polonaise of gauze striped with silver on a ground of pink taffeta, as is the petticoat. (1779) POLONAISE WITH TWO MODES, thus called, because in detaching the cords that hold it up … Continue reading Galerie des Modes, 21e Cahier, 4e Figure
Galerie des Modes, 21e Cahier, 3e Figure
Levite, with two pleats in the back, regular, stopped at the waist with a scarf that ends in tassels. Coiffure: a straw hat trimmed with gauze en pouf, trimmed with flowers. (1779) Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in … Continue reading Galerie des Modes, 21e Cahier, 3e Figure
Mimic of Modes 