Despite the details that we gave in the preceding Issue on all the forms of caracos, of justes, of Turkish caracos, of little jackets, all has not yet been said.
Magasin des Modes, 9e Cahier, Plate I
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Magasin des Modes, 8e Cahier, Plate I
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Cabinet des Modes, 22e Cahier, 1ere Figure
October 1, 1786 Fashion, whose Detractors have called it light, inconstant, flighty, frivolous, is however fixed in its principles; and we believe, in truth, that it is an injustice to treat it so, irrevocably, with such callousness. We see it as constant in seizing all remarkable events, in appropriating them to itself, in recording them … Continue reading Cabinet des Modes, 22e Cahier, 1ere Figure
Cabinet des Modes, 19e Cahier. 2e Figure
August 15, 1786 PLATE II. One wears successively caracos of white muslin, with pink stripes or white satin stripes, and caracos of taffeta, or of another colored stuff. None has pleased us more than the slightly light puce caraco, accompanied by a pink taffeta petticoat. There is no doubt that this is only what we … Continue reading Cabinet des Modes, 19e Cahier. 2e Figure
Cabinet des Modes, 15e Cahier, 1ere Figure
June 15, 1786 A Woman, at her toilette, always has need of someone she can consult in order to know if this Coiffure, this Cap, this Hat, this Gown suits her well, and if she can wear it to advantage in the Promenades or other public places: why should we not be her Counsel, and … Continue reading Cabinet des Modes, 15e Cahier, 1ere Figure
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