Almeh was the name of a class of courtesans or female entertainers in Arab Egypt. The term became synonymous with ‘belly dancer’ in 19th-century European Orientalism.
Almeh a class of courtesans or female entertainers in Arab Egypt.
Category: Headdresses
Costume and Fashion History. Fashion plates of hats and headdresses from ancient to modern times.
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
Caraco à la anglaise. Modes de Paris, Paul Gavarni 1787.
Costumes historiques pour travestissements par Paul Gavarni
Reign of Louis XVI. 1774 to 1780. The influence of Marie Antoinette.
The influence of Marie Antoinette on fashion. Various styles of head-dresses. Rose Bertin the world’s first acclaimed couturier. Male and female hairdressers. The toilet of the queen of France. The opera.
The Evolution of Modern Feminine Fashion 1786.
Paris à l’Anglaise. France in 1786, the evolution of modern feminine fashion.
Dame fashion in Paris and London, 1780 to 1788.
The origin of the hooped skirt. The Farthingale, Petticoats, Leghorn Chips.
Jewish traditional clothing in Germany, 18th c.
Jewish traditional clothing in Nuremberg 1710. German Baroque Period.
Italian renaissance fashion. Venetian Nobility in 1531.
Nobleman and councilor of Venice.
Patrician nobleman of Venice.
Venetian nobleman.
Costumes Trotteurs. Modèls de Worth, Cheruit, Dœuillet.
LE STYLE PARISIEN, 1916. COSTUMES TROTTEURS. Modèls de Worth, Cheruit, Dœuillet.
Garnished hats with ribbons by Evelyne Varon.
Les Élégances Parisiennes 1917. LES CHAPEAUX GARNIS DE RUBANS. MODÈLS D’ EVELYNE VARON.