My latest project is a proposal for a book written specifically to help out costume designers and writers of historical fiction - a fashion history manual for 1700-1940 that focuses on visuals and on how the clothing works. The first chapter, on the early 18th century (1700-1739), is my sample, and it's making me realize … Continue reading Stay-Dating
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Magasin des Modes, 2e Cahier, Plate II
November 30, 1786 We said in the twenty-fifth Book of the first Year that the caps à la Turque could bring back the great mounted caps, which went so well with women's faces that they removed and ruined straw hats and chapeau-bonnettes, which most often uglified them, for the reasons we recorded, but which still broke them. One may … Continue reading Magasin des Modes, 2e Cahier, Plate II
Magasin des Modes, 2e Cahier, Plate I
November 30, 1786 Again a redingote in a new form. It is buttoned with two rows of buttons to the waist, and with only one from the waist to the bottom. This redingote is of lemon yellow wool, with apple green stripes. The collar and cuffs, slit à la Marinière, are of dark green satin. The buttons … Continue reading Magasin des Modes, 2e Cahier, Plate I
Magasin des Modes, 1er Cahier, Planche III
November 20, 1786 ENGLISH FASHIONS. Will we censure the English Fashions, in order to raise ours over theirs? Will we establish a comparison between them, in order to always give the preference to ours? Will we reproach English attitudes, in order to give ourselves a dogmatic air? Will we approve or fault everything which has … Continue reading Magasin des Modes, 1er Cahier, Planche III
Magasin des Modes, 1er Cahier, Planche II
November 20, 1786 We announced in the previous Book, on the occasion of caps à la Turque, that we would publish the type and the origin of caps à la Randan, sometimes called à la Bayard. These caps were born from the exquisite taste of the celebrated Actress (1) who played the role of Madame … Continue reading Magasin des Modes, 1er Cahier, Planche II
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