Robe à la Lévite with bodice en fourreau, petticoat coupé with flat trim in the color of the gown;* demi-négligée coiffure called à la Picarde, with Italian gauze lappets scalloped with lace. (1779) ROBE A LA LÉVITE, degraded of its honors. A young girl, supervised by her mama, never has what she desires. The one … Continue reading Galerie des Modes, 23e Cahier, 4e Figure
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Galerie des Modes, 23e Cahier, 3e Figure
Robe à l'Anglaise, trained, of taffeta trimmed with gauze in poufs; hat of Italian gauze edged with plumes; below the ribbon is an aigrette and an héron of black plumes. (1779) ROBE A L'ANGLAISE. Amiable Youth with slender waist, see here what makes her shine. Women who mutter against the Polonaises because they leave the … Continue reading Galerie des Modes, 23e Cahier, 3e Figure
Galerie des Modes, 23e Cahier, 2e Figure
Robe à la Polonaise of white linen with a border of painted linen, a gauze Apron; the coiffure is a Hat trimmed fashionably. (1779) ROBE A LA POLONAISE, of white linen, with borders or a frame. This Gowns have seemed so comfortable, especially in the country, that Women were eager to give them the most … Continue reading Galerie des Modes, 23e Cahier, 2e Figure
Galerie des Modes, 23e Cahier, 1ere Figure
Young Wife, as she is led to the altar; she is dressed in a gown of Pekin* trimmed with gauze ribbon and flowers. Her gown is full dress over a medium hoop: the man conducting her is wearing a suit and a vest with a gold ground embroidered around with colored gold threads. (1779) … Continue reading Galerie des Modes, 23e Cahier, 1ere Figure
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