German peasants. First third of the XVIth century. c. 1530. On the history of costumes.
German peasants c. 1530. Fashion 16th century.
Category: Europe
Fashions in Europe. European Costume and Cultural History.
German mountain troops with snow tyres. c. 1530. 16th century
On the history of costumes. German mountain troops with snow tyres. c. 1530. 16th century
German Lansquenets. c. 1530. Soldiers 16th century.
German Lansquenets. c. 1530. Soldiers 16th century.
Jewish character of the old city center of Warsaw, Poland. 1930s
Jewish citizens are shown in a variety of situations, activities and professions.
Canton of Zurich, Wehntal. Switzerland costumes.
Canton of Zurich, Wehntal.
Comparison of the French and English modes during the Regency.
Insular prejudice. The short waist is adopted. Comparison of the French and English modes. Current modes of the time: prevailing colors. Full dress. Hair-dressing. Jewellery. Costumes 1815. Fashion in Paris. Paris crowded with English. Madame de Staël in Paris. Fashion in Paris. Return of Royalty. The Tuileries. Ball dresses. London 1816. Fêtes to celebrate the Restoration. The Caledonian Ball.
The Days of the Directoire. Costumes under the French Revolution.
Costume under the Revolution; Versailles no longer the arbiter of the mode – Anglomania, “Anticomania,” Rousseau, and a “return to Nature ” – Blonde perukes – Dresses à la Flore, à la Diane, etc. – The classical cothurnus; the “balantine ” – Pink silk tights and gauze veiled nudities – Impossibles and Incroyables; masculine dress à la Anglaise – Official costumes of National Representatives and of Directors – Barras’ little joke – A lady on contemporary fashions in Paris.
Paris after the Revolution 1796-1800.
French Directory. Fashion in Paris after the Revolution 1796-1800. Directoire. Semi-nude women in the Champs Élysées – No pockets – Mademoiselle Mars makes yellow velvet the rage – Rivalry between Mesdames Hamelin… Read More
Scottish clans Raonuil, or Mac Donalds of Clan Ranald.
Raonuil, or Mac Donalds of Clan Ranald. THIS branch of Clan Donald anciently held extensive insular possessions and other territories.
Clan Gillinhreac, or Mac Gillivray of the Scottish Highlands.
The principal branch has long resided in Inverness-shire, and the chief was designated, from his property, Duu-mac-glas, the fort of the grey man’s son.