I have always been a little bit confused about the contouche. It doesn't come up when I check period French dictionaries, and modern sources define it as either the robe battante/volante, the robe à la française, or both. When I bought a second-hand copy of The Pictorial Encyclopedia of Fashion (1972), I was happy to … Continue reading The Mysterious Contouche
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Galerie des Modes, 21e Cahier, 5e Figure
Taffeta polonaise trimmed with indienne borders, spotted gauze therèse over a round cap belted with a head-band knotted negligently. (1779) Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; … Continue reading Galerie des Modes, 21e Cahier, 5e Figure
Galerie des Modes, 21e Cahier, 4e Figure
Young Lady coiffed with an English hat called a chapeau à la Turque, trimmed with flowers and gauze; she is dressed in a Polonaise of gauze striped with silver on a ground of pink taffeta, as is the petticoat. (1779) POLONAISE WITH TWO MODES, thus called, because in detaching the cords that hold it up … Continue reading Galerie des Modes, 21e Cahier, 4e Figure
Galerie des Modes, 21e Cahier, 3e Figure
Levite, with two pleats in the back, regular, stopped at the waist with a scarf that ends in tassels. Coiffure: a straw hat trimmed with gauze en pouf, trimmed with flowers. (1779) Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in … Continue reading Galerie des Modes, 21e Cahier, 3e Figure
Bonnetry
(I did most of this entry about a month ago, so it makes reference to Things Happening and I'm just noting that they happened several weeks ago, not recently.) At work I've moved completely into Putting Numbers On Things. This is in two categories: Finding Things' Original Numbers, and Giving Things New Numbers. The former … Continue reading Bonnetry
Mimic of Modes 