The striped stockings and crooked stick are characteristic of the Incroyables. The trend toward simplicity resulted in a classic silhouette for women (Merveilleuses).
Directoire. Characteristic costume of the French revolutionaries.
Category: Europe
Fashions in Europe. European Costume and Cultural History.
Amsterdam. The Damrak Palace &c. rendered very picturesque.
Select views of some of the principal cities of Europe by Robert Batty. London: Moon, Boys, and Graves, 1832.
Rotterdam, the Oude Haven. General characteristic of Dutch cities.
The annexed scene of the Oude Haven, in Rotterdam, has been selected as an epitome of the general characteristics of Dutch cities.
Torero before the race. Andalusia. Folklore Costume.
Torero avant la course. Andalusia. Folklore Costume. 1842. Musée cosmopolite. (Musée de costumes)
Fashion types of the Directory. Stock exchange speculators and crooks.
France 18th century. Fashion types from the time of the Directory. Stock exchange speculators and crooks. The Merveilleuses and the Incroyables.
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).
Italy 15th century. Typical Italian Renaissance woman’s ensemble.
Italy 15th century. Fashion from 1400 to 1500. Typical Italian Renaissance woman’s ensemble. The Cotehardie and houppelande.
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.
Austria. The Order of The Golden Fleece. The insignia of the Order.
The costume of the Knights. Decorations. The principal provisions. The insignia of the Order.
The fashion masters. Paris in transition from Directoire to Empire.
France. The fashion of the dandies from 1801 to 1805. Paris in transition from Directoire to Empire.