The famous painting, “La Toilette”, in 1742 by François Boucher shows an intimate scene from everyday life of the rococo in exceptional detail.
“La Toilette” by François Bouche, 1742.
Category: Fashion History
Medieval gothic costumes. German princess and maid of honor, 1350.
The princess wears a one-piece, front buttoned dress Cotehardie called, with long tight sleeves and wide neckline (front and rear). Buttons presented at that time a novelty, instead of the lateral lacing allowed a figure-hugging dresses section.
Lansquenet. German renaissance military.
German soldiers during the time of the Renaissance and Reformation.
Blouses du style parisian. Tissages de soieries Couturier, Fructus & Descher.
MODÈLS DU STYLE PARISIAN. Le Style Parisien. Tissages de soieries Coudurier, Fructus & Descher. Paris 1916.
Cols de lingerie. French Fin de siècle fashion 1916.
COLS DE LINGERIE. MODÈLS du Le Style Parisien, 1916
German peasants c. 1530. Fashion 16th century.
German peasants. First third of the XVIth century. c. 1530. On the history of costumes.
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.
Byzantine Dalmatic, Ecclesiastical Costume 12th Century.
Byzantine Dalmatic, Ecclesiastical Costume Byzantine Dalmatic, said to have belonged to Leo III., but probably dating from the Twelfth Century, preserved in the Treasury of St. Peter’s at Rome. Upon… Read More
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.