FRENCH FASHION HISTORY. Costume and fashion plates with descriptions between middle Ages, Directory, Regency, Empire and so called Flapper. Vintage Haute couture costumes.
Turkish Chiffon Dress. France Empire 1804. Coiffure en Chou de Nattes. Robe de Mousseline Turque. Costume Parisien 1804. Journal des dames et des modes. Costumes parisien 1804. France First Empire fashion,… Read More
Regency fashion hats. Colerette, Pélerine, Straw hats, 1804. 1, Chapeau de Sparterie. 2, Chapeau de Marcelline. 3, Chapeau de Paille cousue. 4, Colerette et Pélerine. 5, Coiffures en Cheveux Kisses.… Read More
Half Dressed costume. Regency era menswear, 1804. Costume Demi-Habillé. Journal des dames et des modes. Costumes parisien 1804. France First Empire fashion, England Georgian, Regency fashion era. Associated to: Reign of… Read More
Young lady dressed in a Circassian dress lined with painted complaint stripes, in the newest taste. Court dress during the reign of Louis XVI in Versailles.
Naples hat. Straw, cornette, crepe hats. Romantic era 1816.
Regency merino dress with Velvet hat, 1816. Chapeau de Velours sur une Cornette de Culle. Robe de Mérinos.
Costume Parisien 1816. Chapeau de Reps, par-dessus de Lévantine. Associated to: French Fashion history. The Restoration period fashion 1814 to 1830. Fashion in the Reign of Napoleon I. 1804 to… Read More
Journal des dames et des modes. Coat with velvet collar. Waistcoat. Habit à Collet de Velours. Gilet de piqué.
Costume Parisien 1827. France Restoration period. Chapeau de paille de riz garni de biais formés par des rubans cousus. Robe de cot-pali garnie de biaus dentéls. Pélerine de tulle. Ceinture… Read More
Importation of foreign fashions in 1815 — White dresses, white feathers, and fleurs de lys — Emigrant ladies — Russian toques — Male and female dressmakers — Ruchings — Short sleeves and long gloves — Herbault’s bonnets — “Chefs” — Anglomania in 1815 — Green gauze veils; spencers — The “canezou”— Lacroix, the stay-maker — Dr. Pelletan and Charles X. — Wasps — The “Ourika” fashions — The famous leg-of-mutton sleeves — Fashions “a l’Ipsiboé,” “au Trocadéro,” and “à la Dame Blanche” — Blonde caps and turbans — Head-dresses — Fashions “à la giraffe;” “the last sigh of Jocko” — Female book-keepers; shopwomen — The Cafe des Mille-Colonnes.
