Cassidy Percoco, Fashion Historian
February 10, 1787 HERE IS Carneval expiring: let us finish speaking of ball dress along with it. We have only shown dress for bals parés (1) in the last two Issues; it is just that we would speak of dress at bals masqués, at least in ending. For the bals masqués of honest people, and … Continue reading Magasin des Modes, 10e Cahier, Plate II
February 20, 1787 It would be too little for Fashion, which is known to be so light, so inconstant, for people to only change it after a certain amount of time, after epochs, until disgust can arise, and has already arisen; it still wants to change several times a day. That's why it's taken on … Continue reading Magasin des Modes, 10e Cahier, Plate I
10 February 1787 A Diligence or Cut Carriage. Though this form of Carriage may have been adopted long ago by the French, we put it here among the English Designs because it is that Nation that we owe for it, and it is fair to render them honor for their inventions. The Cut Carriage only … Continue reading Magasin des Modes, 9e Cahier, Plate III
30 January 1787 The Bed that we represented in the Second Plate of the fifth Book of the first Year was a daybed à la Turque, in wood; made to put in a little apartment. The one that we show in this plate is a Bed à la Polonaise, ALL IN IRON, to put in … Continue reading Magasin des Modes, 8e Cahier, Plate III
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
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