Usi e Costumi. Antichi e Moderni di Tutti Popoli del Mondo. Narrati e descritti da L. Bellinzoni. Editore Perino. Roma, 1900.
Category: 18th Century
Costume and Fashion History during the 18th Century. Clothing of the Late Baroque, Rococo, Louis XV, Louis XVI, Rose Bertin Minister of Fashion at the court of Marie Antoinette. The French Revolution fashion period of Incroyables and Merveilleuses. The Georgians and Regency period.
The Sun King in theater costume. Louis XIV at the carrousel.
Le Roi soleil en costume de théâtre. Louis XIV au carrousel. Costumes civils et militaires des Français à travers les siècles.
Directoire costumes Paris, 1798.
Directoire costumes imitated from the antique. Paris, 1798. Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty by Andrew Bolton, Sølve Sundsbø. Chanel: The Complete Collections of spectacular clothes by Patrick Mauriès. Tom Ford. 21st… Read More
The Fabric of Civilization: How Textiles Made the World Paperback – December 7, 2021
by Virginia Postrel (Author)
From Neanderthal string to 3D knitting, an “expansive” global history that highlights “how textiles truly changed the world” (Wall Street Journal)
American War of Independence. American uniforms (1775–1783).
American uniforms: The Household History of the United States and its people by Edward Eggleston.
Colonial Costumes. 17th to 18th century.
Colonial Costumes. Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty by Andrew Bolton, Sølve Sundsbø. Chanel: The Complete Collections of spectacular clothes by Patrick Mauriès. Tom Ford. 21st century glamour of style and sensuality… Read More
Paysan laboureur français du 16ème au 18ème siècle.
Costume of a French peasant farmer from the 16th to the 18th century.
Timeline of the French Revolution 1789 – 1799. The most important events.
Timeline of the French Revolution 1789 – 1799. January 24, 1789 – November 9, 1799 – Coup of 18 Brumaire to Paris – the end of the French Revolution.
Tayadaneega Mohawk Indian chief
Tayadaneega Mohawk Indian chief. Joseph Tayadaneega (1743-1807) called the Brant, the Great Captain of the Six Nations. Thayendanegea, means “two sticks bound together”, denoting strength. Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty by… Read More
Incroyables and Muscadins. French dandies. The Days of the Directoire.
Royalists, Anti-Republicans, Anti-Jacobins. Type of Dandy during the Directory. Cafe des Incroyables.
Marchande de modes portant la marchandise en ville.
A Dressmaker carrying the merchandise in the city in 1780. Galerie des modes et costumes français, by Jacques Esnault