Young Lady, dressed in a retroussée Circassienne, with Sleeves à l'Espagnole, and coiffed with a Turban of Love. "No-one can deny that our French Ladies adopt their fashions from Ladies of almost every other kingdom; however, we must admit that there are restitutions that they make to almost all. Didn't they borrow, in the last … Continue reading Galerie des Modes, 59e Cahier, 5e Figure

Circassienne trimmed with Gauze en pouf, the Coiffure un Hérisson girded with a two-colored Ribbon with a Rosette on the left side. (1781) This plate was not in the reprint of Galerie des Modes available from Bunka Gakuen; I found it in the Museum of Fine Arts Boston, 44.1510.

Circassienne with a colored ground, with bands of painted fabric and a little band of pleated gauze around it; the petticoat is of another color, and the trim of the petticoat matches that of the gown.   The coiffure is a hat à la Grenade. (1780) THE GRENADIERE: type of Circassienne, which owes its name to … Continue reading Galerie des Modes, 30e Cahier, 4e Figure

New Circassienne in Italian Gauze, lined with Indian taffeta; it is trimmed in Gauze, pinched in coques with bouquets of delphiniums, the whole edged with an English Ribbon.  The Coiffure is a toque: long hair surmounted with a toque à l'Espagnole, trimmed with Heron plumes and aigrettes. (1780) CIRCASSIENNE A LA PROVENÇALE, of Italian gauze, … Continue reading Galerie des Modes, 29e Cahier, 2e Figure