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Galerie des Modes, 1er Cahier de Grandes Robes d'Etiquette, 1ere Figure

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Robe de Cour pulled up on the right side with a ribbon bow, and decorated with garlands; the left side falls in the usual way: it is trimmed and decorated with pearls and laurels.* "One could venture, without fear of being contradicted, that it is hardly in practice today for Women to wear gowns of … Continue reading Galerie des Modes, 1er Cahier de Grandes Robes d'Etiquette, 1ere Figure

Galerie des Modes, 56e Cahier, 6e Figure

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Young Lady in a Camlet Redingote: pink Taffeta Petticoat, Hat à la Bastienne surmounted by Plumes and Aigrettes. (1787) "One sees ... that one doesn't wear, with redingotes, pelisses or mantelets ... They are never worn.  Pelisses and mantelets seem unknown to the English, from whom our Ladies took the fashion of redingotes. "Some Ladies … Continue reading Galerie des Modes, 56e Cahier, 6e Figure

Painting Costume Analysis: Pamela Series, Part Twelve

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XII: Pamela Tells A Nursery Tale, Joseph Highmore, 1743-4; Fitzwilliam Museum M.Add.9 The whole story ends, of course, with Pamela a loving mother. Her views on child-raising are fairly sensible and modern: she insists on nursing her infants herself, she is against swaddling, and she believes that girls should be educated. This specific scene is … Continue reading Painting Costume Analysis: Pamela Series, Part Twelve

Galerie des Modes, 56e Cahier, 5e Figure

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Petit-Maître in Wool Coat, the Pockets, the Collar, and the Buttonholes embroidered: Gilet with pockets, also embroidered etc. (1787) Petit-Maître. - "Couldn't one add that the Petit-Maître sometimes wants to pass for a wit because he has a little memory, and a little reading, overall from newspapers, from the wits of authors and from the little … Continue reading Galerie des Modes, 56e Cahier, 5e Figure