Cassidy Percoco, Fashion Historian
Toilettes by Mme Bréant-Castel, 58 1/2 Rue St. Anne. Redingote of unbleached-linen-colored taffeta, with scalloped edges, trimmed with a thick piping of lilac taffeta; the redingote is open in front over an undergown of lilac taffeta, edged with a narrow box-pleated flounce; this undergown is not a full gown, and is made of two pieces … Continue reading La Mode Illustrée, May 14, 1865
This plate, taken from La Mode Illustrée in April of 1864, shows four "novelties" available at the Magasins du Louvre in Paris.
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
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?
On BlueSky, there's a bot account that uses the Metropolitan Museum of Art's API to auto-post objects from the Costume Institute collection that are listed as open access. (There are quite a few of these accounts, for different Met departments as well as for other museums.) I like to check in on it every so … Continue reading The Robe à Transformation
Mimic of Modes 