The beautiful dreamer sitting in the summer in the middle of the Champs Elysées, waiting on her favorite with impatience: she is dressed in a caraco à la Chérubin with a hat à l'Erigonne.* (1786) Champs Elysées. - "A very agreeable glance is still that which offers the Jardin des Tuileries, or rather the Champs … Continue reading Galerie des Modes, 49e Cahier, 3e Figure
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Galerie des Modes, 49e Cahier, 2e Figure
The frisky Lisette on a morning walk in the Jardin du Luxembourg: she is coiffed with a pouf à la Almaviva and dressed in a caraco and petticoat of taffeta striped à la Baroco. (1786) "It was useless to recommend to our young beauties walking exercise, if fashion was mixed on it. One tronchined* because … Continue reading Galerie des Modes, 49e Cahier, 2e Figure
Galerie des Modes, 49e Cahier,1ere Figure
The blonde Mélite walking at noon at the Palais Royal in the grand path of the fair, hoping to see the one who has fixed her heart: she is dressed in an English gown, with a Devonshire hat. (1786) Accessories made for Mme Fléminard by Rose Bertin: 1786, December 9 - a rose bouquet with … Continue reading Galerie des Modes, 49e Cahier,1ere Figure
Galerie des Modes, 48e Cahier, 6e Figure
The beautiful Suzon sits in the Jardin du Luxembourg, meditating on diverse subjects that she has found in the book that she holds in her hand, and which take for her the place of pastimes and dissipation, in place of that to which she has given a rendez-vous: she is in a hat à l'Anglaise … Continue reading Galerie des Modes, 48e Cahier, 6e Figure
Galerie des Modes, 48e Cahier, 5e Figure
The brilliant Nymph of the Palais Royal offering to the eyes of the public the charms of her figure and the elegance of her shape which attracts to her the most merited praises: she is coiffed à la Suzanne with a juste à la Figaro. (1785) Palais Royal. - "There one can see everything, hear … Continue reading Galerie des Modes, 48e Cahier, 5e Figure
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