History of Costume. Empire Romantic Era of the middle or late 1820’s. Young lady wears a ballroom ensemble. Young man dressed in evening clothes.
Empire Romantic. Young lady wears a ballroom ensemble of the 1820’s.
Category: First Empire
A splendid example of the late 1820’s fashion. Romantic period.
The hand bag and parasol illustrate two of the most common accessories of the 19th century.
Empire Romantic period. Formal evening wear. Party dress.
The party dress here shows definite leanings toward the Romantic period, which began with 1815.
Costumes and shawls. French directorate, consulate and first Empire.
Costumes and scarves in the 18th and 19th century. The fashion of classicism during the French directorate, consulate and first empire.
The Graecomania. Modes of the Directory and the Consulate.
Women’s fashion of classicism in France at the end of the 18th century. Modes of the Directory and the Consulate (1795-1804).
Empire period. Two women at an Official ball in the Strasbourg Theater.
Womens fashion at an Official ball during the French Empire in 1804. White remained a very popular color for women during the Empire period.
Female costumes and fashion from 1794 to 1800. France 18th century.
The comfortable costume, in which the belt was attached at a normal height, was soon followed by the close-fitting dress, the robe collante
Feminine costumes from 1794 – 1800. Directory to Empire.
The figures are all taken from fashion journals. The period includes the last period of the convent, the rule of the board of directors and the beginning of the consulate.
France. At the horse race at the Promenade de Longchamp. 1802.
France. The fashions under the consulate. Fashionable Parisians enjoy a beautiful spring day at the horse race at the Promenade de Longchamp in 1802.
The fashions of the end of the 18th century. After German Journals.
Europe. 18th century. The French influence. Under the reign of terror, the development of fashions began and reached perfection under the direction of the Directorate.
