Cassidy Percoco, Fashion Historian
10 February 1787 ENGLISH FASHIONS. WHO wins for taste, English Ladies or French Ladies? who knows best how to choose their colors, the shape of their garments, the manner of doing their hair, the uniformity or matching of their clothes? who knows best how to adorn their air, their person? We leave this question to … Continue reading Magasin des Modes, 9e Cahier, Plate II
30 January 1787 Two Busts of women. The first Woman, dressed in a violet satin gown, wears a cap à la Turque. This cap is composed in front with a sort of batiste turban, with very wide black and white stripes, designed in points, and in the back with a very thick tuft of … Continue reading Magasin des Modes, 8e Cahier, Plate II
January 10, 1787 Two Busts of women. The Woman dressed in a pink gown wears a demi-négligé cap. This cap has a double ruffle of white blonde lace, in large pleats. Its crown or base, very puffed, is of blue crêpe, with its two ends hanging behind, on the shoulders, in the form of a … Continue reading Magasin des Modes, 6e Cahier, Plate III
January 10, 1787 No-one can deny that our French Ladies cause their fashions to be adopted by Ladies of nearly all other Kingdoms; however, we must admit that there are restitutions that they make to nearly all. Did they not borrow, at least two years ago, Polonaises, Anglaises, Turques, Chinoises? Now they borrow Espagnoles. It … Continue reading Magasin des Modes, 6e Cahier, Plate I
Boston MFA 44.1535 Coiffure à la Rethel-mazarin* Coiffure à la Villers Coiffure à la Veuve de Malabar** Coiffure à la Cleophile * The duchy of Rethel became the duchy of Mazarin in 1663 ** A tragedy by Antoine-Marin Lemierre originally of 1770 Coiffure à la Fleuricourt Coiffure of Venus's cape Coiffure à la Montmédy Coiffure … Continue reading Galerie des Modes, 39e Cahier, 4e Figure
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