Fashion in the Reign of Louis XVI. Modes de Paris. Caps – Bonnets – Ruches – Low bodices – Coats, cravats, and waistcoats, Sailor jackets and” pierrots”.
Fashion in the Reign of Louis XVI. 1780 to 1789. Modes de Paris.
Tag: Augustin Challamel
The History of female fashion in France. The Dress of Women from the Gallo-Roman Period to the Present Time. Published 1874 by Augustin Challamel. Jean Baptiste Marius Augustin Challamel 1818–1894 was a French historian. (Histoire de la mode en France; la toilette des femmes depuis l’époque gallo-romaine jusqu’à nos jours.)
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.
French fashion history in the Middle Ages. 1350 to 1380.
The States of Languedoc – A young French lady in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries – Low dresses – Saying of a mercer – Damoiselles – Garnaches and garde-corps – Le Parement des dames – Social distinctions – High character is worth more than gilded belt – Precious stones – The castles and other dwellings of the middle ages – Splendid furniture – Humble abodes of the poor – Evening assemblies.
The Carolingian Fashion Period 987 to 1270.
Earliest times of the Carolingian period. Variety of costume. Women in the twelfth century. Emblazoned gowns. The bliaud. Pelisses. The cotte-hardie.
