Redingote with three collars, crossed in front, called Lévite Redingote. (1781) The popinjay à l'anglaise. - "It is today a ton among the youth to copy the English in their dress. The son of a financier, a young man said to be of family [?], the boy merchant wear the long, narrow suit, hat on … Continue reading Galerie des Modes, 35e Cahier, 5e Figure
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Galerie des Modes, 35e Cahier, 4e Figure
Circassienne with bands of another color, edged with muslin. The coiffure is a cap à la Créche belted with a double row of ribbon with a bow on top of the Phisionomie. (1780) False hair - You see the head of this beautiful woman, if remarkable for the edifice of her coiffure and her long … Continue reading Galerie des Modes, 35e Cahier, 4e Figure
Galerie des Modes, 35e Cahier, 3e Figure
Little Master en Chenille. Frock coat of a fashionable color. Silk vest with a border of silk embroidery in diverse colors, the Buttons of the Frock in fashionable silver. He is coiffed with a Hat à la Pensilvanie. (1780) "See an elegant man come in. It is necessary first that his trinkets, by a pretty … Continue reading Galerie des Modes, 35e Cahier, 3e Figure
Galerie des Modes, 35e Cahier, 2e Figure
This figure is dressed in a Lévite fitted à l'Anglaise with little pleats around the waist. The Coiffure is a coiffure à l'enfance. (1780) "The farthingales of our mothers, their slashed and flounced fabrics, their ridiculous epaulettes, their pregnant minds[?], this multitude of sleeves of which some resembled veritable poultices[?], all have disappeared, except the … Continue reading Galerie des Modes, 35e Cahier, 2e Figure
Galerie des Modes, 35e Cahier, 1ere Figure
[The 34th book was apparently coiffures, and was not included in the reprint.] White gown of plain Muslin trimmed with very fine muslin; the Petticoat of striped and flowered Indian muslin lined with colored taffeta which can be seen through [the muslin]. Simple fashionable hat on a coiffure à l'enfance. (1780) "I saw hats in … Continue reading Galerie des Modes, 35e Cahier, 1ere Figure
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