The amiable Suzette Dressed in a Caraco à la Huntress of Love. She is thinking about a rende-vous with her dear Philinte. "Our Ladies having adopted caracos almost exclusively for all sorts of dress, it was a relative necessity for them to apply themselves to varying them, to embellishing them, to deprive them of this … Continue reading Galerie des Modes, 62e Cahier, 3e Figure
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Galerie des Modes, 62e Cahier, 2e Figure
The amiable Culinette, adjusting her Hat à la Tarare,* She is waiting for her dear Aleindor for a rendez-vous, etc. Pouf à la Tarare. "This pouf is made with two bands and a puff. The inner band is made of a wide green satin ribbon, forming a large bow in the back. The outer band … Continue reading Galerie des Modes, 62e Cahier, 2e Figure
Galerie des Modes, 62e Cahier, 1ere Figure
Young Nymph provoking pleasure. She is Dressed in a Caraco à l'Amazone and Coiffed with a Sunflower Hat etc. etc. "Advice. A shop for women's clothes was just established at no. 28 rue Salle-au-Conte, under the direction of a very-skilled master seamstress. Gowns of diverse types will be found there, caracos, and all sorts of feminine … Continue reading Galerie des Modes, 62e Cahier, 1ere Figure
Galerie des Modes, 61e Cahier, 6e Figure
The sulky Alviane Dressed in a Redingote à l'Amazone and Coiffed with a morning Hat. Buttons. "Over the last two years, buttons have experienced very rapid and well-marked vicissitudes; it is useless to recall them all now: but, only speaking of those with paintings, one must say that all types of paintings have successively been … Continue reading Galerie des Modes, 61e Cahier, 6e Figure
Galerie des Modes, 61e Cahier, 5e Figure
Young Officer in a Zebra Coat, calling someone to give an account of his services. "The zebra of the king's cabinet has become the model of the current fashion; all fabrics are striped, coats, gilets, resemble the skin of the handsome onager. Men, young and old, are in stripes from head to toe: the stockings … Continue reading Galerie des Modes, 61e Cahier, 5e Figure