French fashion and costume history. La mode française.

French, fashion, history,
Fashion and Modes from ancient times until the 20th century.

Chronology of French Fashion and Modes from Ancient Times until the 20th century.

French national costumes. Les costumes regionaux de la France.

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La mode française et l’histoire du costume.

The history of fashion in France.

The Gallic and Gallo-Roman costume period.
Gauls. The inhabitants of Gaul before the Roman conquest.
Reconstructed Gallic warrior from about 400-200 B.C.
Clovis first king of the Franks. Founder of the Merovingian dynasty.
Frankish Merovingian costume history 4th and 5th century.
The Frankish dominions in Merovingian times (486-768).
The Carolingian fashion period 752-987. Reign of Charlemagne.
The Carolingian Fashion Period 987 to 1270.
Reign of Philip III and Louis VIII. The influence of the Crusaders.
War costumes in the Middle Ages. Flags, banners, standards.
French fashion history in the Middle Ages. 1350 to 1380.
A princely gathering. Middle Ages France 14th and 15th century.
Reign of Charles VI and Charles VII. Charles VII and Louis XI. 1422 to 1483.
Fashion under the Reigns of Charles VIII 1483 to 1498. Louis XII 1498 to 1515.
Civil dress of the late 15th century. France middle ages.
French bourgeois clothing from 1485-1510. Men’s and women’s hairstyle.
Costumes Of State, 1485-1510. French Clothing & Dress. Headdresses.
Fashion under the Reign of Francis I. 1515 to 1545. French Renaissance.
Renaissance. Fashion under the Reign of Henry II. 1547 to 1558.
Fashion under the Reign of Francis II. 1559 to 1560.
Fashion under the Reign of Charles IX. 1560 to 1574.
Fashion in the Reign of Henri III. 1574 to 1589. Spanish court dress.
Fashion in the Reigns of Henri IV. and Louis XIII. 1590 to 1614.
Woman’s dress. Fashion in Europe 16th & 17th century. Ruffs. Hairstyles.
Beard, hair and wigs fashions during the 17th and 18th century.
Reign Louis XIV. French fashion history. 1643 to 1715.
The Fontange. Female costumes under the reign of Louis XIV.
Louis XIV and the officers in the livery of the royal house.
The costumes of the aristocracy. The kings of fashion. France 17th century.
Epoch of the government of Louis XIV at Versailles. France 17th century.
French fashion and costume history of the 18th century.
The Regency. Fashion in the Reign of Louis XV 1715 to 1774.
Extravagance of clothes and hairstyles during the rococo period.
Fashion of wigs and hats. French styles of the 18th century.
The bourgeoisie and the lower classes under Louis XV. The Casaquin.
France 18th century. The Panniers, the Hoop, the Justaucorps.
Reign of Louis XVI. 1774 to 1780. The influence of Marie Antoinette.
Hairstyles, hats and caps. Reign of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette.
The great state robe. General fashion types. France 1775-1785.
Shoe fashion with high heels and rococo costumes. 18th century.
The Caraco à la française in 1786. Tight-fitting women’s jacket.
Fashion in the Reign of Louis XVI. 1780 to 1789. Modes de Paris.
Directoire. Characteristic costume of the French revolutionaries.
The French Republic. The fashions of the Directory.
Feminine costumes from 1794 – 1800. Directory to Empire.
Female costumes and fashion from 1794 to 1800. France 18th century.
The fashions of the end of the 18th century. After German Journals.
Female costumes and fashion from 1794 to 1800. France 18th century.
The Graecomania. Modes of the Directory and the Consulate.
The fashion masters. Paris in transition from Directoire to Empire.
Fashions under the First Empire. Reign of Napoleon I. 1804 to 1814.
Fashion in the Reigns of Louis XVIII and Charles X. Restoration.
The Parisian Lady. La femme comme il faut. Honoré de Balzac
Fashion in the Reign of Louis-Philippe. 1830 to 1848.
Second Republic. Napoleon III. 1848 to 1864. History of Fashion.

Costumes Historiques des XIIe, XIIIe, XIVe, et XVI siecles’ by Camille Bonnard.

Costumes Historiques par Paul Mercuri et Camille Bonnard.

Selected papers of various authors

The hoop skirt and its development within the history of costumes.
Medieval clothing in France. 11th to 13th century.
Gabrielle d’Estrées (1570-1599). Mistress of the French King Henry IV.
Mme de Pompadour. The most elegant women of the Rococo period.
Marie-Antoinette as Dauphine and as Queen of France.
Dame fashion in Paris and London, 1780 to 1788.
The Evolution of Modern Feminine Fashion 1786.
The Salons of Paris before the French Revolution 1786-1789.
Fashion under the French Revolution 1789 to 1802.
Paris during the french revolution 1793 to 1795.
Timeline of the French Revolution 1789 – 1799
Incroyables and Muscadins. French dandies. The Days of the Directoire.
The Execution of Louis XVI and Marie-Antoinette. The French Revolution.
Princess Lamballe. Tragedy of the French Revolution.
Nymphs and Merveilleuses. The French Directory.
Paris after the Revolution 1796-1800.
The Days of the Directoire. Costumes under the French Revolution.
The Salon of Madame Récamier during the Directory, 1794.
Comparison of the French and English modes during the Regency.
Paris Commune 1871. Vengereuses. Parisian communards, Federates.
The Royal Château de Blois. Mediaeval architecture in France.
The medieval architecture of the Hôtel Chambellan at Dijon.
Empire français. The reign of crinoline. Napoleon III. 1852–1870.

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Fashion Louis XVI. Rococo costumes. 18th century clothing.
Fashion Louis XVI 1774−1789.

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French Renaissance Fashion. 16th century costumes. France court dress
French Renaissance Fashion

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Selected costume illustrations.

Les créations parisiennes. La mode est un art.
France Fin de siècle fashion. Haas brothers, for the spring season, 1913.
Les Chapeaux du Très Parisien, 1922.
Les Chapeaux du Très Parisien, Hiver 1921-1922. Chapeaux Nouveaux.
Les Incroyables et Merveilleuses. The fashion of the Directoire.
Album of historical hairstyles. Album de coiffures histories par E. Nissy.
Les Robes de Paul Poiret racontée par Paul Iribe. Paris 1908.
Le style parisien 1915. Les elegances parisiennes.
French Couturiers in 1916. Famous fashion houses and their location.
Famous French women during the 17th and 19th century
The History of costumes. From Ancient until 19th c.

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French Revolution gowns. Directory clothing. Directoire fashion. Regency costumes
French Directoire fashion

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Louis XIV fashion. 17th century French costumes. Baroque Clothing Court lady
Court lady Louis XIV

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L’Histoire du Costume Féminin Français. Paul Louis Victor de Giafferri.

Les modes du Moyen Âge, de l’an 1037 à l’an 1461.
Les Modes de la Renaissance de l’an 1461 à l’an 1574.
Les modes sous Louis XIV. L’Histoire du Costume Feminin Francais.
Les modes sous Louis XV. L’histoire du costume féminin français.
Les Modes sous Louis XVI. L’histoire du costume féminin français.
Les Modes sous la Revolution 1792-1799.
Les modes du second empire. L’Histoire du Costume Feminin Français.
Illustration, dancer