You probably all know by now that I love to do research and write (but mostly do research), and lately I've been working on turning that blog post, Fashion vs. Feminism, into an article, with citations and five times as much text and things. You probably also know that I haven't made very many ensembles, and … Continue reading A Question for the Living Historians and Re-enactors
Galerie des Modes, 33e Cahier, 5e Figure
Lévite simple vue par derrière, coeffure negligée ou grand bonnet à la paysanne avec des barbes. Simple lévite seen from the back; negligée coiffure, or large cap à la paysanne with lappets. (1780) This plate is from the Museum of Fine Arts Boston, 44.1495.
Galerie des Modes, 33e Cahier, 4e Figure
Polonaise seen from the back, it is of taffeta trimmed with gauze. Her coiffure is a medium cap with a very simple gauze lappet. (1780) [Note: the text that goes with this plate, and most (if not all) of the rest in this volume, is not original to Galerie des Modes - it has been extracted … Continue reading Galerie des Modes, 33e Cahier, 4e Figure
Galerie des Modes, 33e Cahier, 3e Figure
Young woman in a robe à la Polonaise with a fashionable large, white mantelet ; she is coiffed with a parasol hat, trimmed with folded blond lace around it, and surmounted by a bouquet of plumes. (1780) Walking time has arrived. It sufficed, to correct the abandon of the preceding toilette, to throw one of … Continue reading Galerie des Modes, 33e Cahier, 3e Figure
Galerie des Modes, 33e Cahier, 2e Figure
Young Miss studying music; she is dressed in a caraco juste à la Polonaise. Her coiffure is a milkmaid cap. (1780) The first toilette of this young beauty is finished. Pending the time of her usual morning walk, she goes to assure herself that her voice has lost nothing of its agreeableness and her fingers … Continue reading Galerie des Modes, 33e Cahier, 2e Figure
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