The sensitive Virtuous woman in a robe à l'Anglaise bordered à la Marlborough and in a demi-Balloon hat, only busying herself alone she executes in waiting for a charming duo. (1784) "Someone wrote to us to ask us if fashion is general, and if it is the same for women of thirty and forty years … Continue reading Galerie des Modes, 44e Cahier, 4e Figure
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Galerie des Modes, 44e Cahier, 3e Figure
The false pouter, in a spotted robe à l'Anglaise with a triple collar and a hat à la Caravanne, making signs of returning to the lover that her apparent rigor had forced to leave. (1784) Gloves. - "Ladies wear, with their full parure, glazed gloves from Grenoble, laced and flounced. "One finds them in the … Continue reading Galerie des Modes, 44e Cahier, 3e Figure
Galerie des Modes, 44e Cahier, 2e Figure
The tiresome Finette, in a Juste à la Suzanne and coiffed en Figaro, holding with as much skill as negligence a country rose which is intended to please her. (1784) Here is the costume of Mlle Contat who played the role of Suzanne in the Marriage of Figaro: "Her dress for the first four acts … Continue reading Galerie des Modes, 44e Cahier, 2e Figure
Galerie des Modes, 44e Cahier, 1ere Figure
The prudent Amazon in the full Figaro outfit, advancing with a circumspect air to the grove where she must find her lover: but taking care to be perceived. (1784) "The Marriage of Figaro or the Mad Day, by Beaumarchais, played, with a keen success, for the first time by the actors of the Comédie Française … Continue reading Galerie des Modes, 44e Cahier, 1ere Figure
Galerie des Modes, 43e Cahier, 6e Figure
The voluptuous Beauty, taking alternately perfect love* and ices, waiting for pleasures more worthy of her: her coiffure is à la Contat,** and her gown à l'Anglaise. (1784) Ices. - "This artificial frozen treat is a tonic, a delicious refreshment: a ice-maker is a veritable artist, who only still exists in the great cities. Outside … Continue reading Galerie des Modes, 43e Cahier, 6e Figure
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