Louis XVI, fashion c. 1770-1795.

Louis XVI, Fashion, Rococo, costumes, Court, dress, Redingote,
Louis XVI Costumes c. 1770-1789

Fashion c. 1770 – 1789. 

  • 437. Grey-powdered hair, stripes on both coal and stockings, 1788.
  • 438. Bustle (cull de grin) and fichu, 1788.
  • 439. Hat brim turned up front and back à la androsmane, stripes on both coat and stockings, 1788.
  • 440. White dress, striped coat, fichu and large muff, 1788.
  • 441. Large straw hat with high crown and ostrich feathers, grey powdered hair, 1788.
  • 442. Coat made from woollen cloth instead of silk, grey-powdered hair, 1788.
  • 443. Muff blue coal, yellow leather breeches, long black boots and beaver hat, 1789.
  • 444. Man’s coat (redingote) over white dress, fichu and man’s hat, 1789.

Source: «Histoire du costume» par Henry Harald Hansen. Dessins de Ebbe Susen, Mogens Bryder et Kaj Norregaard. Traduit du Danois par Jaqueline Puissant. Flammarion, Paris, 1954.

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