Camisole à la Polonaise with amadis sleeves, in striped Indian stuff. Reaper's cap over a tapé accompanied by a curl. The flounce of the petticoat is in Linen with little flowers. (1780) Camisole, or bedgown à la Polonaise, serving as deshabillé. See on this subject what will be said later, in describing the sixth Figure … Continue reading Galerie des Modes, 29e Cahier, 4e Figure
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Galerie des Modes, 29e Cahier, 3e Figure
Cloak à l'Italienne. This fashion was taken in France around the middle of the Reign of Louis XIV, and lasted to 1745 with some variations. It seems that its convenience made it be adopted anew as generally as it was before. (1780) CLOAK A LA CAVALIERE, or perfect circle cloak, adopted a long time ago … Continue reading Galerie des Modes, 29e Cahier, 3e Figure
Galerie des Modes, 29e Cahier, 2e Figure
New Circassienne in Italian Gauze, lined with Indian taffeta; it is trimmed in Gauze, pinched in coques with bouquets of delphiniums, the whole edged with an English Ribbon. The Coiffure is a toque: long hair surmounted with a toque à l'Espagnole, trimmed with Heron plumes and aigrettes. (1780) CIRCASSIENNE A LA PROVENÇALE, of Italian gauze, … Continue reading Galerie des Modes, 29e Cahier, 2e Figure
Muslin Gowns and Silk Coats
I was looking for ruffles in eighteenth century fiction (as you do) when I came across one reference to a white muslin gown with a lilac petticoat in the Lady's Magazine for 1780. "A Series of Letters: Miss Wallis to Miss Greville", p. 143 Generally, in these periodicals, muslin is white and anything colored is … Continue reading Muslin Gowns and Silk Coats
Galerie des Modes, 29e Cahier, 1ere Figure
Woman dressed in a plain Lévite edged with a band of pleated Gauze; the Belt in the latest fashion, of spotted ribbon, with knots and fringe at the end; she is coiffed with a turban or toque à la Levantine pulled up with Pearls and surmounted with plumes in panaches on a half-négligée and very … Continue reading Galerie des Modes, 29e Cahier, 1ere Figure
Mimic of Modes 