It presents a young Man en chenille.* Round hat with a high crown, hair tressed and tied en cadogan. Frock coat of green and Paris mud wool, mixed. Striped gilet. Sulfur breeches, very tight, molding to the thigh, with only three buttons. The garter tied with cords instead of buckles. Striped stockings, white and light … Continue reading Cabinet des Modes, 1er Cahier, 2e Planche
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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
Galerie des Modes, 58e Cahier, 6e Figure
The enticing Ogler, he is coiffed with a hat à la Mexborough and dressed in a striped Coat. Oglers. - "Paris is full of these ruthless oglers who plant themselves in front of you and fix their immobile and confident eyes on your person: this custom no longer passes as indecent, by becoming common. Women … Continue reading Galerie des Modes, 58e Cahier, 6e Figure
Galerie des Modes, 58e Cahier, 5e Figure
Stock-jobber of the Palais Royal, at the public school, he is dressed in a morning Coat and coiffed with a Jockey Hat. "... An élégant whose ears and feet offer to view the most extraordinary buckles, we approached; he had one of these hats in the form of a bell, which have never coiffed anyone well; … Continue reading Galerie des Modes, 58e Cahier, 5e Figure
Galerie des Modes, 58e Cahier, 4e Figure
The Adonhiramite Philosopher,* dressed in a light Coat trimmed with oval Buttons in English Steel: walking on the Boulevards. "Of indecent short gilets, shameless breeches, without pockets, and which cannot hold an écu coin nor a watch, this is the strange dress of the day. The fool of the bon ton, gloved in his clothes, could … Continue reading Galerie des Modes, 58e Cahier, 4e Figure