Cassidy Percoco, Fashion Historian
30 January 1787 The Bed that we represented in the Second Plate of the fifth Book of the first Year was a daybed à la Turque, in wood; made to put in a little apartment. The one that we show in this plate is a Bed à la Polonaise, ALL IN IRON, to put in … Continue reading Magasin des Modes, 8e Cahier, Plate III
10 February 1787 ENGLISH FASHIONS. WHO wins for taste, English Ladies or French Ladies? who knows best how to choose their colors, the shape of their garments, the manner of doing their hair, the uniformity or matching of their clothes? who knows best how to adorn their air, their person? We leave this question to … Continue reading Magasin des Modes, 9e Cahier, Plate II
Despite the details that we gave in the preceding Issue on all the forms of caracos, of justes, of Turkish caracos, of little jackets, all has not yet been said.
Everyone! I am incredibly happy to announce that I have signed a contract with Routledge to produce a book of patterns of eighteenth-century women’s garments!
30 January 1787 Two Busts of women. The first Woman, dressed in a violet satin gown, wears a cap à la Turque. This cap is composed in front with a sort of batiste turban, with very wide black and white stripes, designed in points, and in the back with a very thick tuft of … Continue reading Magasin des Modes, 8e Cahier, Plate II
Mimic of Modes 