Little Master en Chenille. Frock coat of a fashionable color. Silk vest with a border of silk embroidery in diverse colors, the Buttons of the Frock in fashionable silver. He is coiffed with a Hat à la Pensilvanie. (1780) "See an elegant man come in. It is necessary first that his trinkets, by a pretty … Continue reading Galerie des Modes, 35e Cahier, 3e Figure
Galerie des Modes, 35e Cahier, 2e Figure
This figure is dressed in a Lévite fitted à l'Anglaise with little pleats around the waist. The Coiffure is a coiffure à l'enfance. (1780) "The farthingales of our mothers, their slashed and flounced fabrics, their ridiculous epaulettes, their pregnant minds[?], this multitude of sleeves of which some resembled veritable poultices[?], all have disappeared, except the … Continue reading Galerie des Modes, 35e Cahier, 2e Figure
Galerie des Modes, 35e Cahier, 1ere Figure
[The 34th book was apparently coiffures, and was not included in the reprint.] White gown of plain Muslin trimmed with very fine muslin; the Petticoat of striped and flowered Indian muslin lined with colored taffeta which can be seen through [the muslin]. Simple fashionable hat on a coiffure à l'enfance. (1780) "I saw hats in … Continue reading Galerie des Modes, 35e Cahier, 1ere Figure
Thank You and Some Progress
Thank you to everyone for commenting on my post about hoop skirts! There are so very many statements out there, both from the period in a satirical or curmudgeonly vein and from secondary sources that don't take the biases of their primary sources into account. And unlike other pervasive myths I've looked into or seen … Continue reading Thank You and Some Progress
Galerie des Modes, 33e Cahier, 6e Figure
Young Lady in a robe à la Polonaise trimmed with gauze, escorting a child in a matelot with turned up sleeves. (1780) One knows that the industry of women's dress was divided between three principal groups: the staymaker, which we call corsetiers, which make equally court gowns, camisoles, children's jacquettes and fourreaux; the marchandes de … Continue reading Galerie des Modes, 33e Cahier, 6e Figure
Mimic of Modes 