Lady of quality, a bouquet in her hand, breathing the good air at the Champs Elysées: she is in a hat à la Dorothée, trimmed with pearls and aigrettes, caraco à la Praslin edged with black with a trained petticoat. (1787) "Today felt hats are made of wool, very light, with tints of different colors. … Continue reading Galerie des Modes, 52e Cahier, 3e Figure
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Galerie des Modes, 52e Cahier, 2e Figure
Lady of distinction in a morning fourreau with a brocaded gauze belt: she is coiffed with a galant hat, her hair in little curls and her chignon hanging. (1787) "Ladies still dress in very long fourreaux. It is not permitted to make them, as at other times, in silk fabrics, or in colored linen: they … Continue reading Galerie des Modes, 52e Cahier, 2e Figure
Galerie des Modes, 4e Volume, 52e Cahier, 1ere Figure
The beautiful Omphale walking at the Arsenal: she is in a little vest with revers with two rows of buttons over a petticoat trimmed in the newest taste: she is coiffed with a hat en pouf à la Luxembourg. (1787) "Ladies actually wear a turned-down collar, as on our frock coats, with their gowns en … Continue reading Galerie des Modes, 4e Volume, 52e Cahier, 1ere Figure
Galerie des Modes, 51e Cahier, 6e Figure
Young Dancer dressed in a Pierrot caraco with a striped petticoat trimmed with gauze: she is coiffed with a straw hat trimmed with plumes, ribbons and flowers. 1. Black hat trimmed with aigrettes. 2. Hat en pouf. 3. Straw hat with 2 steel buckles. (1786) "It is the greatest fashion today, overall for the morning … Continue reading Galerie des Modes, 51e Cahier, 6e Figure
The Myth of Chanel and the 1920s: X – Rising Hems
As hem lengths rose and flowerpot hats moulded themselves to the side of the head, a voluntary simplification of clothing spread across a wide spectrum of society. The hemline was on a slow rise from the beginning of the twentieth century. The stereotypical Edwardian skirt, for example, had a shape like an upturned lily, with … Continue reading The Myth of Chanel and the 1920s: X – Rising Hems
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