Thank you to everyone for commenting on my post about hoop skirts! There are so very many statements out there, both from the period in a satirical or curmudgeonly vein and from secondary sources that don't take the biases of their primary sources into account. And unlike other pervasive myths I've looked into or seen … Continue reading Thank You and Some Progress
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Galerie des Modes, 33e Cahier, 6e Figure
Young Lady in a robe à la Polonaise trimmed with gauze, escorting a child in a matelot with turned up sleeves. (1780) One knows that the industry of women's dress was divided between three principal groups: the staymaker, which we call corsetiers, which make equally court gowns, camisoles, children's jacquettes and fourreaux; the marchandes de … Continue reading Galerie des Modes, 33e Cahier, 6e Figure
A Question for the Living Historians and Re-enactors
You probably all know by now that I love to do research and write (but mostly do research), and lately I've been working on turning that blog post, Fashion vs. Feminism, into an article, with citations and five times as much text and things. You probably also know that I haven't made very many ensembles, and … Continue reading A Question for the Living Historians and Re-enactors
Galerie des Modes, 33e Cahier, 5e Figure
Lévite simple vue par derrière, coeffure negligée ou grand bonnet à la paysanne avec des barbes. Simple lévite seen from the back; negligée coiffure, or large cap à la paysanne with lappets. (1780) This plate is from the Museum of Fine Arts Boston, 44.1495.
Galerie des Modes, 33e Cahier, 4e Figure
Polonaise seen from the back, it is of taffeta trimmed with gauze. Her coiffure is a medium cap with a very simple gauze lappet. (1780) [Note: the text that goes with this plate, and most (if not all) of the rest in this volume, is not original to Galerie des Modes - it has been extracted … Continue reading Galerie des Modes, 33e Cahier, 4e Figure
Mimic of Modes 