Grace Dalrymple Elliott (1754–1823). Mistress of the Duke of Orléans. Lady Grace Dalrymple Elliott born around 1754-1823, was a Scottish courtesan who witnessed the events of the French Revolution in… Read More
Parisian citizen during the reign of terror, 1792.
Louis XVI receives Parisian market women, called poissards. Women’s March at 5th October 1789.
Costumes of a legislator. The French people’s representatives of the Directorate. Costumes of a legislator, designed by Jacques-Louis David 1748-1825, for: Projet de costume civique – Habit de législateur. Le représentant… Read More
L’histoire du costume féminin français. Les Modes sous la Revolution 1792 – 1799. Jupes. Jupe de villageoise, Jupe en percale, Jupe d’étamine blanche, Jupe longue et ample en florence mauve, Jupe de gourgouran blanc,
Élégantes. L’histoire du costume féminin français. Les Modes sous la Revolution 1792 – 1799. Mme Tallien. Mme Hamelin. Mme Récamier. Charlotte Corday. Th. Cabarrus. Mme la princesse de Lamballe.
Charles IX (1550-1574) Duke of Orleans. His reign was dominated by civil wars and the infamous massacre of French Protestants on St Bartholomew’s Eve.
French Renaissance Period. Fashion under Henry II. 1547 to 1558.
The court of Francis I. Increase of love of dress. La Belle Ferroniere. Artistic head-dresses. The Vertugadin. Contenances. Marguerite de Navarre. The fashions of the day, by Rabelais.
Shoes. Fashion under Louis XVI., 1774 to 1789 (Late baroque, rococo fashion era)
