Young Lady performing a dance; she is dressed in a Carmelite* morning Lévite, the Trim of the same fabric, the Collar gathered muslin with a large hem, petticoat of pale pink silk trimmed with the same, white Belt with colored fringe. (1782) Dance. - "One dances no more at the Opera ball; one no longer … Continue reading Galerie des Modes, 34e Cahier bis, 5e Figure
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Galerie des Modes, 34e Cahier bis, 4e Figure
Morning robe à l'Anglaise with amadis sleeves, coupé petticoat with a large volant of muslin, kerchief with double row of trimming. This woman is coiffed with a hat of long-haired Vicuna with a ribbon around it. (1782) This plate is from the Museum of Fine Arts Boston, 44.1547.
Actual Sewing!
So, I spent the past week engaged in making a Regency day dress for myself. Fastest thing I've ever fully put together! Albany's TulipFest is not really intended as a costumed event, but the Empire State Costumers (join us!) can turn any party into a dress-up party. (I'm the second from the right.) To start, … Continue reading Actual Sewing!
Galerie des Modes, 34e Cahier bis, 3e Figure
Robe à l'Anglaise, rétroussé to give ease in dancing. (1782) "In 1768, in its December issue, the Courrier de la Mode recommended as particularly favorable for balls, "English dress", with fitted sleeves, sabot cuffs trimmed with gauze, with a gauze apron without a bib* and bows on the shoes: such is still the costume of … Continue reading Galerie des Modes, 34e Cahier bis, 3e Figure
Galerie des Modes, 34e Cahier bis, 2e Figure
I don't entirely understand this section, nor the next - the 34th, 38th, and 39th books are listed as having second versions that fit in, date-wise, after the 40th. But as they are here, I will still show them. (Except the ones which I can't find anywhere, such as the first in this section.) Full robe a … Continue reading Galerie des Modes, 34e Cahier bis, 2e Figure
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