Somehow, I'd never made a bib-front gown before. But when I was given a length of cotton by a new friend at the 2018 regional CSA symposium, I knew it was going to be for something from Regency Women's Dress - and as that was the place where I realized that the awkwardly-fitting stays I'd made … Continue reading My First Bib-Front Gown
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Cabinet des Modes, 18e Cahier, 1ere Figure
August 1, 1786 It would be necessary on the occasion of a period of mourning to talk about its fashion: for the death of DON PEDRO, King of Portugal, we have furnished it. It has been worn for twenty-one days; we will say how when we have spoken of the periods of mourning according to … Continue reading Cabinet des Modes, 18e Cahier, 1ere Figure
Galerie des Modes, 48e Cahier, 4e Figure
The tender Aspasie* sits with an air of nonchalance following the pleasures that love made her taste, liked to meditate on those that her beauty has right to make her hope: she is coiffed with a hat à la nouvelle Omphale, gown of striped muslin with an elegant border. (1785) "The New Omphale, a comedy … Continue reading Galerie des Modes, 48e Cahier, 4e Figure
Galerie des Modes, 47e Cahier, 6e Figure
This English Beauty chilled by the poverty that she meets in Paris, but throwing a proud air, an indifferent regard over the beauties she sees in droves at the Palais Royal, walks with a tone of majesty dressed in a large winter pelisse made of satin trimmed with sable with a long gown with double … Continue reading Galerie des Modes, 47e Cahier, 6e Figure
Galerie des Modes, 46e Cahier, 6e Figure
The young indifferent woman, after having carried despair into the heart of her lover, and made him feel her cruelty to the folly of adorers who obsess over moments without ceasing, walks with no inquietude, coiffed à la Cherubin, having a mantelet à la Circassienne, a muslin gown with a gauze apron. (1785) "Plain satins … Continue reading Galerie des Modes, 46e Cahier, 6e Figure
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