Dress à l'Insurgente: this gown is a robe à l'Anglaise with pagoda sleeves, which usage has been adopted by the Anglo-American women: it is pulled up as our robes à la Vestale were pulled up in the last Century. The petticoat is trimmed with a band in the same color of the lining of the … Continue reading Galerie des Modes, 28e Cahier, 6e Figure
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Galerie des Modes, 28e Cahier, 5e Figure
Young Bourgeois Actress studying her role; she is dressed in a Circassienne, the petticoat trimmed with a band in the color of the gown: all the trims are bordered with a blonde lace, a volant of gauze at the bottom of the band on the petticoat: the sleeves trimmed with gauze. (1780) CIRCASSIENNE FRANÇAISE, thus … Continue reading Galerie des Modes, 28e Cahier, 5e Figure
Galerie des Modes, 28e Cahier, 4e Figure
Robe à la Circassienne, the flat trimming edged with gauze: coiffure belted with a ribbon trimmed with pearls, ending in a bow from which hang tassels: the top of the head decorated with flowers. (1780) TAILED CIRCASSIENNE, lightly pulled up on the front with a cord with three tassels; flounced mancherons, parement round or en … Continue reading Galerie des Modes, 28e Cahier, 4e Figure
Galerie des Modes, 28e Cahier, 3e Figure
Caraco à la Polonaise trimmed with gauze, a colored ribbon on the top of the trim: Devonshire or Spa hat. (1780) CARACO A LA POLONAISE, the body loose and floating at the waist. Tour-de-gorge of a reversed Medicis, or raised collar; gauze kerchief, tied en cravate. Spa hat, seen in profile. Another view of this … Continue reading Galerie des Modes, 28e Cahier, 3e Figure
"Antique Costume"
On Pinterest, I have boards set up for every decade. Because I use them to get an idea of what people were wearing in that decade, I like to filter out paintings showing people in clothing that would not have actually been worn. (Also, I've seen enough people with the impression that all portraits depict … Continue reading "Antique Costume"
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