The reign of crinoline. Petticoats, Cashmere shawls, Pompadour parasols. Dressmakers, like tailors, had begun to deal in ready-made garments.
Empire français. The reign of crinoline. Napoleon III. 1852–1870.
Category: Second Empire
Man in redingote and chapeau claque on the Boulevard des Italiens.
Romantic fashion in the reign of Louis Philippe. The man is wearing a militaire or redingote and a chapeau claque. The woman is wearing a tightly cinched dress.
The hoop skirt and its development within the history of costumes.
The hoop skirt in the age of the Spanish fashion (Renaissance) 16th century, in the age of rococo (Baroque), 18th century, crinoline fashion, 19th century.
Merchand de mise en Couleur sans Frotage 1850
Merchand de mise en Couleur sans Frotage 1850 Street vendor of Paris.
War Invalid 1850. French military. Second Republic.
Invalide de Guerre en 1850. Deuxième République française.
The Lionesses and Fashionables. French Second Empire fashion.
Lionnes et Fashionables. EVERY woman of fashion in 1842, at the time when Fréderic Soulié published Le Lion Amoureux and Charles de Bernard La Peau de Lion, was newly baptized… Read More
Parisiennes fashion of the Second Empire.
Parisiennes fashion of the Second Empire c. 1860. Parisiennes du Second Empire. From the Book: The Frenchwoman of the century; Fashions – Manners – Usages, by Octave Uzanne. Illustrations in… Read More
The Contemporary. Fashions under the Second Empire c. 1860
The Contemporary. Fashions under the Second Empire c. 1860 JUDGMENT of our female contemporaries is certes by no means an easy matter. After having run through the history of the… Read More
French caps fashion. La Mode illustrée 1860.
Bonnet Négligé. Bonnet Négligé en Mousseline. French caps fashion. La Mode illustrée 1860. Victorian fashion. Bonnet en Tulle de Soie noir et blanc. Bonnet in black tulle and white silk. Bonnet… Read More
Corsages. Les modes du second empire. Costume féminin français.
L’histoire du costume féminin français. Les modes du second empire 1852 a 1870. Corsage de lingerie, Blouse de lingerie, Corsage ajusté noir boutonne.
