Today I went down to Hudson to have lunch with a school friend (that sounds very 1930s-English, doesn't it?), and after we ate we went around to a few of the antique shops! As I'd already bought four antique fashion magazines on eBay this morning - three were from the 1920s, so it counts as … Continue reading A Successful Day
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Galerie des Modes, 13e Cahier, 6e Figure
Young Lady of Lyon dressed in a taffeta gown called Costume à la Piémontoise, trimmed with the same stuff. Coiffed à l'Asirienne called the Herisson, trimmed with a ribbon in a band-of-love interlaced with pearls, surmounted by a plume with a diamond fastening creating a type of Diadem. This fashion was originally taken from the … Continue reading Galerie des Modes, 13e Cahier, 6e Figure
Galerie des Modes, 13e Cahier, 5e Figure
Young Lady in a Circassienne of Italian gauze with a petticoat made of the same gauze; the flounce is trimmed with a colored ribbon. She is coiffed with a kerchief-pouf cap trimmed with pearls, with a plume on the left side in the Asiatic style. (1778) Very elegant circassienne with amadis sleeves;* the bodice is … Continue reading Galerie des Modes, 13e Cahier, 5e Figure
Galerie des Modes, 13e Cahier, 4e Figure
Robe à l'Anglaise of apple-green Pekin, the trim of plain gauze with a garland of flowers, a pouf cap of Italian gauze bordered with flowers, the parfait Contentement Pink, the Shoes Pink, and the rosette white. (1778) Robe à l'Anglaise: the true robes à l'Anglaise have little knife pleats in the back, held at the … Continue reading Galerie des Modes, 13e Cahier, 4e Figure
Galerie des Modes, 13e Cahier, 3e Figure
Young Lady coiffed à la Dauphine, dressed in a taffeta Robe à la Reine, trimmed au Nouveau Désiré. This Dress was invented by Signore SARRAZIN, costumer to their Royal Highnesses the Princes. (1778) Robe à la Reine: this gown has the double advantage of being able to be worn trailing or pulled up, at the … Continue reading Galerie des Modes, 13e Cahier, 3e Figure
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