caps

  • Magasin des Modes, 4e Cahier, Plate III

    December 20, 1786 FRENCH FASHIONS. Two women’s Busts. The first, dressed in a pink satin gown, wears a hat with a very high crown, made of satin with pink stripes and Sky blue stripes, trimmed on the front in three… Continue reading

  • Magasin des Modes, 2e Cahier, Plate II

    November 30, 1786 We said in the twenty-fifth Book of the first Year that the caps à la Turque could bring back the great mounted caps, which went so well with women’s faces that they removed and ruined straw hats and chapeau-bonnettes, which most… Continue reading

  • Magasin des Modes, 1er Cahier, Planche II

    November 20, 1786 We announced in the previous Book, on the occasion of caps à la Turque, that we would publish the type and the origin of caps à la Randan, sometimes called à la Bayard. These caps were born… Continue reading

  • Galerie des Modes, 39e Cahier, 2e Figure

    Boston MFA 44.1533 Round Cap with two rows of Linen [ruffles] with wide hems, streaked ribbon Round Cap with two rows of Linen [ruffles] with wide hems, ribbon tied in a bow, with a kerchief à la Marmotte Round Dormeuse Cap… Continue reading

  • Caps!

    A little while ago, I started working on making a new cap – my earlier one was the first I’d ever made, of course I did it without a real pattern, and the cotton was too heavy as well, so… Continue reading