Robe de Cour on a medium hoop, pulled up once. It is for winter, of blue satin trimmed with bands of sable tails and pelts, attached with bows of white ribbon over the whole front of the petticoat.
Galerie des Modes, 14e Cahier, 3e Figure
Spring suit, ribbed fabric with a silver ground, the vest and the cuffs of the suit also ribbed, with the same ground but a different color for the ribbing.
Galerie des Modes, 14e Cahier, 2e Figure
Court Dress of Cerise satin, the ribbon around the head of the same, the corner of gauze which is seen on the right side is black; the diamonds, pearls, and the ribbon around the neckline are white, together with the tassels of the tied-back cloak; the laces inclines to the tint of the background a … Continue reading Galerie des Modes, 14e Cahier, 2e Figure
Galerie des Modes, 14e Cahier, 1ere Figure
This book, though the fourteenth in the sequence, must be placed at the beginning of the volume: it suffices to throw one's eyes over what it contains, in order to recognize in what capacity it demands that preference; it is all that one is permitted to say on the subject: one will return, for all … Continue reading Galerie des Modes, 14e Cahier, 1ere Figure
A Successful Day
Today I went down to Hudson to have lunch with a school friend (that sounds very 1930s-English, doesn't it?), and after we ate we went around to a few of the antique shops! As I'd already bought four antique fashion magazines on eBay this morning - three were from the 1920s, so it counts as … Continue reading A Successful Day
Mimic of Modes 