This past Sunday, the Empire State Costumers core group met up for a Victorian picnic lunch on the grounds of Montgomery Place, at Annandale-on-Hudson. We decided not to pay for a house tour and just stay on the grounds, so I don't know very much about the house's history - but it's a Livingston property, … Continue reading Montgomery Place Picnic
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Galerie des Modes, 53e Cahier, 4e Figure
Young Lady dressed in a redingote buttoned to the bottom with fashionable buttons: she is coiffed with a bonnet-chapeau. (1787) "We have said ... that women hardly go out in the morning in night caps, when they are not fully dressed; we must add here that many put on a chapeau-bonnette over their night caps. … Continue reading Galerie des Modes, 53e Cahier, 4e Figure
Painting Costume Analysis: Pamela Series, Part Eight
VIII: Pamela greets her father, Joseph Highmore, 1743-4; National Gallery of Victoria 1116-3 Driven to a frenzy, Mr. B attempts to find any letters to her family that Pamela has secreted on her person, asking if they are inside her stays or pockets and threatening to strip her; he starts to unpin her handkerchief and … Continue reading Painting Costume Analysis: Pamela Series, Part Eight
Galerie des Modes, 53e Cahier, 3e Figure
Young Lady ready to ride horseback: she is dressed in a great redingote à l'Allemande* with a galant hat. (1787) "We have seen, under the preceding reigns, dances, entire ballets executed with horses. It would be rather pleasant for fashion to bring back these amusements. The taste that our beautiful Ladies begin to take for … Continue reading Galerie des Modes, 53e Cahier, 3e Figure
Galerie des Modes, 53e Cahier, 2e Figure
Young woman preserving herself from bad air: she is dress in a redingote à l'Anglaise and coiffed with a cap à la matineuse. (1787) "Here is Fashion and she comes herself to instruct us. For at least fifteen days, retrench the plumes and your coiffure. While you murmur about it, and while I myself complain … Continue reading Galerie des Modes, 53e Cahier, 2e Figure