The young Sophie showing to her favorite the rendez-vous of the pleasures at the Théâtre des Variétés amusants: to enjoy this brilliant Spectacle: she is dressed in a juste à la Suzanne from Figaro, striped petticoat, muslin apron and coiffed with a hat à la Defrozier. (1785) The Théâtre des Variétés amusants was founded by … Continue reading Galerie des Modes, 48e Cahier, 2e Figure
Galerie des Modes, 47e Cahier, 6e Figure
This English Beauty chilled by the poverty that she meets in Paris, but throwing a proud air, an indifferent regard over the beauties she sees in droves at the Palais Royal, walks with a tone of majesty dressed in a large winter pelisse made of satin trimmed with sable with a long gown with double … Continue reading Galerie des Modes, 47e Cahier, 6e Figure
Galerie des Modes, 47e Cahier, 5e Figure
Woman of quality, recently up from her bed,* walking at noon to take the air: the first fruit of a happy marriage makes all her occupation, and augurs a lasting happiness: she is in a large satin pelisse lined and trimmed with sable in two rows, her head is enveloped in a Thérèse of plain … Continue reading Galerie des Modes, 47e Cahier, 5e Figure
The Myth of Chanel and the 1920s: V – Outdated Old Masters
The subsequent single-page spread devoted to Madame Lucile's chiffons and to Poiret's plumes seemed to be included simply out of respect for the old masters and appeared fearfully outdated. This part of the Chanel myth breaks down into two ideas: that pre-1919 looks appeared outdated compared to Chanel, and that the top designers of the … Continue reading The Myth of Chanel and the 1920s: V – Outdated Old Masters
Galerie des Modes, 47e Cahier, 4e Figure
The beautiful and tender woman from Lyons, forgetting everything in order to reflect only on her lover, announces by her bearing how much her heart is worried by his absence as she seems to pay no attention to the tumult at the Palais-Royal where she is found: she is coiffed with a hat à la … Continue reading Galerie des Modes, 47e Cahier, 4e Figure
Mimic of Modes 