Young Lady in a Polonaise with Circassienne sleeves, trimmed with filet lace manchettes, and coiffed in a baigneuse with two filet lace lappets. (1778) Naturalists, with their experience, teach us that the mixture of different species only produces monsters: it is not the same in the kingdom of costume, the empire of Fashion. The alliances … Continue reading Galerie des Modes, 10e Cahier, 3e Figure
Category: circassienne
Galerie des Modes, 10e Cahier, 1e Figure
Young Woman in a Circassienne of puce Italian gauze, with a petticoat of the same gauze covering another pink petticoat trimmed on the bottom with gauze pinned with a blue ribbon attached with Flowers and tassels and bouillonné gauze, and with manchettes of filet lace. Coiffed with a Hat en coquille, decorated with Flowers and … Continue reading Galerie des Modes, 10e Cahier, 1e Figure
Galerie des Modes, 8e Cahier, 2e Figure
Young Lady in a Circassienne trimmed with blonde lace, decorated with a streaked ribbon, wearing a romantic Hat and a loose, braided chignon. (1778) Of all the beauties which decorate the seraglio of the Grand Seigneur, there are none that rival those who come from Circassia. One would be tempted to believe that in that … Continue reading Galerie des Modes, 8e Cahier, 2e Figure
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