Costume Toilette de Spectacle.

The Age of Undress by Amelia Rauser.

Dress in the Age of Jane Austen by Hilary Davidson.

Jane Austen at Home by Lucy Worsley 

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Costume Toilette de Spectacle

Costume Toilette de Spectacle.

Directoire fashion

Merveilleuses. French neoclassical fashion between 1795–1799. France Directory, Empire period, England Regency, Georgian era.
From the book: Les “Incroyables et Merveilleuses”. Published 1814 by Pierre de La Mesangere. Engraved by George-Jacques Gatine. Drawings by Horace Vernet.

Related:
 Louis XIV. , Louis XV. , Louis XVI., Baroque, Rococo, Directoire, French Revolution, Regency, Empire, Restoration or Romanticism fashion era. German Biedermeier.

1. The French Fashion History.
2. Reign of Charles IX. 1560 to 1574. (Tudor, Renaissance, Spanish court dress)
3. Reign of Henri III. 1574 to 1589. (Renaissance, early Baroque, Spanish court dress, Tudor)
4. Reigns of Henri IV. and Louis XIII. 1589 to 1643. (Baroque)
5. Reign of Louis XIV. 1643 to 1715. (Baroque)
6. The Reign of Louis XV. 1715 to 1774.
7. Reign of Louis XVI. 1780 to 1789.
8. The French Republic 1789 to 1802.
9. Timeline of the French Revolution 1789 – 1799.
10. Les Modes sous la revolution 1792-1799 by Paul Louis Victor de Giafferri.
11. Reign of Napoleon I. 1804 to 1814. France empire.
12. Reigns of Louis XVIII. and Charles X. 1815 to 1830. Restoration,  Romanticism
13. Fashion in the Reign of Philippe. 1830 to 1848. Victorian era. Romanticism fashion.
14. The Second Republic. 1848 -1851. Victorian era. “Second Rococo”.
15. The use of the Corset in the reign of Louis XVI.
16. Ladies hat styles from 1776-1790 by Rose Bertin.
17. Fashion under the  French revolution 1789 to 1802.
18. Paris fashion 1793 to 1795. French revolution.
19. The Execution of the King Louis XVI.
20. The Execution of Marie-Antoinette.
21. The Incroyables and Muscadins. The French directory dandies.
22. Les Incroyables et Merveilleuses. Directoire fashion by Horace Vernet.
23. Nymphs and Merveilleuses. By Octave Uzanne.
24. Fashion in Paris after the Revolution. By Octave Uzanne. 1796-1800.
25. Portraits by people during the French Revolution
26. The Gallery of Fashion. by Nikolaus von Heideloff, London.
27. Comparison of the French and English modes. 1808 to 1815
28. The Salon of Madame Récamier during the French Revolution.
29. The Salons of Paris before the French Revolution.
30. Caraco à la francaise in 1786.
31. The Evolution of Modern Feminine Fashion 1786.
32. Fashion in Paris and London, 1780 to 1788.
33. Historic hairstyles from Ancient times to the Empire.
34. The Corset and the Crinolin from Remote Periods to the Present Time.
35. Lace History. Reference List of Italian Laces.
36. Collection of antique fabric design.

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Support and Seduction: The History of Corsets and Bras (Abradale Books) by Beatrice Fontanel.

Thoughout the ages, women's breasts have been subjected to the endless whims of fashion. From the ancient Greeks to Mae West and Madonna, this light-hearted book charts the changing shapes of female beauty. The elegant and amusing images - including fashion drawings, paintings, photographs, and film stills - illustrate the often surprising history of the garments women have worn for support - and seduction.

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