The young Zuma in a Redingote closed with Buttons à l'Anglaise and in a Cap à la Courvil. "When you see a fashion begin to overburden itself, you can say: its end approaches, and in a little while it will be destroyed. As we must not stop variety in fabrics, in colors, in the distribution … Continue reading Galerie des Modes, 61e Cahier, 4e Figure

 Young Lady in a Winter Redingote and a Hat à la Genlis.* "In the current times, when the majority of minds are much less carried by the idea of pleasures, and when people hardly take any other leisures than reciprocating visits, our ladies dress more in robes parées or demi-négligés, than in caracos, jackets, or pierrots. … Continue reading Galerie des Modes, 61e Cahier, 3e Figure

Imposing Woman in the Jardin du Roi, dressed in a Redingote à l'Anglomane, Straw Hat trimmed with Folettes etc. etc. "Le Jardin du Roi", at the top of the rue Saint-Victor, across from the Pitié.  This garden is divided into a top and bottom; in the upper part is a mound called a labyrinth: one … Continue reading Galerie des Modes, 58e Figure, 3e Figure

Young Lady in a Camlet Redingote: pink Taffeta Petticoat, Hat à la Bastienne surmounted by Plumes and Aigrettes. (1787) "One sees ... that one doesn't wear, with redingotes, pelisses or mantelets ... They are never worn.  Pelisses and mantelets seem unknown to the English, from whom our Ladies took the fashion of redingotes. "Some Ladies … Continue reading Galerie des Modes, 56e Cahier, 6e Figure

 Redingote closed in the front to the bottom with buttons of brilliants. (1787) "The Beautiful Ladies to the Handsome Men. "Mssrs. Agreeable, who believe yourselves to be our masters, and whom we lead by the end of the nose; you who think you have such spirit and penetration: we feel very easy to see that … Continue reading Galerie des Modes, 56e Cahier, 4e Figure