November 20, 1786 ENGLISH FASHIONS. Will we censure the English Fashions, in order to raise ours over theirs? Will we establish a comparison between them, in order to always give the preference to ours? Will we reproach English attitudes, in order to give ourselves a dogmatic air? Will we approve or fault everything which has … Continue reading Magasin des Modes, 1er Cahier, Planche III
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Cabinet des Modes, 21e Cahier, 1ere Figure
September 15, 1786 WE represented in the sixteenth Issue a man ready to ride a horse; we would have perhaps had to represent immediately, in the seventeenth, a Lady equally ready to ride; and in coming back today what we gave in this seventeenth, we see that we would have the same, because it was never as … Continue reading Cabinet des Modes, 21e Cahier, 1ere Figure
Galerie des Modes, 51e Cahier, 4e Figure
The young and amiable Cephise dressed en Amazone and coiffed with a hat trimmed with aigrettes and panaches. 1. Hat edged with flowers, surmounted with gauze and trimmed with ribbons and pearls. 2. Hat trimmed with oval sequins with two follette* plumes. 3. Hat à la Harpie, trimmed with flowers, and surmounted with gauze. (1786) "Women come … Continue reading Galerie des Modes, 51e Cahier, 4e Figure
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