I was so pleased to be asked to speak at the History Symposium this past month! It was a fantastic experience, and I strongly recommend that readers check out the rest of their offerings -- there are years' worth of presentations on all sorts of topics relating to the early nineteenth century, particularly the War … Continue reading “Much Depends on the Proper Display of the Contour”: Corsetry in the Early Nineteenth Century
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What’s the Deal with the Great Male Renunciation?
This is a concept I've had issues with for a long time. I don't tend to think about it (as I prefer to think we've moved past it as a field), but a couple of weekends ago it came up in a paper at an event I was attending and I started trying to formulate … Continue reading What’s the Deal with the Great Male Renunciation?
Magasin des Modes, 10e Cahier, Plate II
February 10, 1787 HERE IS Carneval expiring: let us finish speaking of ball dress along with it. We have only shown dress for bals parés (1) in the last two Issues; it is just that we would speak of dress at bals masqués, at least in ending. For the bals masqués of honest people, and … Continue reading Magasin des Modes, 10e Cahier, Plate II
Magasin des Modes, 10e Cahier, Plate I
February 20, 1787 It would be too little for Fashion, which is known to be so light, so inconstant, for people to only change it after a certain amount of time, after epochs, until disgust can arise, and has already arisen; it still wants to change several times a day. That's why it's taken on … Continue reading Magasin des Modes, 10e Cahier, Plate I
Magasin des Modes, 9e Cahier, Plate III
10 February 1787 A Diligence or Cut Carriage. Though this form of Carriage may have been adopted long ago by the French, we put it here among the English Designs because it is that Nation that we owe for it, and it is fair to render them honor for their inventions. The Cut Carriage only … Continue reading Magasin des Modes, 9e Cahier, Plate III
Mimic of Modes 