September 15, 1786 PLATE II. ALREADY the pale and somber Autumn has torn away the light coats which befit the summer, and bring forth those of a denser, stronger, softer fabric more fitted to protect from the fury of the frosts. Oh what! the insatiable weather has devoured the days of our pleasures! no more … Continue reading Cabinet des Modes, 21e Cahier, 2e Figure
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Cabinet des Modes, 21e Cahier, 1ere Figure
September 15, 1786 WE represented in the sixteenth Issue a man ready to ride a horse; we would have perhaps had to represent immediately, in the seventeenth, a Lady equally ready to ride; and in coming back today what we gave in this seventeenth, we see that we would have the same, because it was never as … Continue reading Cabinet des Modes, 21e Cahier, 1ere Figure
Cabinet des Modes, 20e Cahier, 3e Figure
September 1, 1786 PLATE III. THERE is no doubt that one wants to learn, at least once, how our Ladies dress at Court, and if, in their full parure, they vary their gowns; if they are subjected to the vicissitudes of Fashion. At first glance on the Lady shown in the IIIrd Plate, on will … Continue reading Cabinet des Modes, 20e Cahier, 3e Figure
Cabinet des Modes, 20e Cahier, 2e Figure
September 1, 1786 PLATE II. LIKE the Lady drawn in the Ist PLATE, we have thought to represent in this a man in half-mourning. We would have given one in full mourning in the eighteenth Issue; but we would not be able to say to have given a fashionable man. Here is how a very-great … Continue reading Cabinet des Modes, 20e Cahier, 2e Figure
Cabinet des Modes, 20e Cahier, 1ere Figure
September 1, 1786 FIRST PLATE. A Lady of the highest quality, that we would have a very-great pleasure in naming, to give all our Subscribers the idea of a perfect woman, was seen, some days ago, at the Garden of the Tuileries, in the outfit that we have represented in the Ist Plate. This time, … Continue reading Cabinet des Modes, 20e Cahier, 1ere Figure
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