Fashion between the Regency of the Duke of Orleans and the reign of Louis XV 1715 to 1774. Both acted on the same motto: “All for pleasure.”
Fashion in the Reign of Louis XV. The Regency.
Tag: French Fashion History
Fashion in the Reign of Henri III. 1574 to 1589.
Fashion in the Reign of Henri III. Henri de Valois was from 1574 until his death in 1589 King of France and last king of the House of Valois.
Portrait of Grace Dalrymple Elliott (1754–1823).
Grace Dalrymple Elliott (1754–1823). Mistress of the Duke of Orléans. Lady Grace Dalrymple Elliott born around 1754-1823, was a Scottish courtesan who witnessed the events of the French Revolution in… Read More
The Days of the Directoire. Costumes under the French Revolution.
Costume under the Revolution; Versailles no longer the arbiter of the mode – Anglomania, “Anticomania,” Rousseau, and a “return to Nature ” – Blonde perukes – Dresses à la Flore, à la Diane, etc. – The classical cothurnus; the “balantine ” – Pink silk tights and gauze veiled nudities – Impossibles and Incroyables; masculine dress à la Anglaise – Official costumes of National Representatives and of Directors – Barras’ little joke – A lady on contemporary fashions in Paris.
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.
Dame fashion in Paris and London, 1780 to 1788.
The origin of the hooped skirt. The Farthingale, Petticoats, Leghorn Chips.
The Salons of Paris before the French Revolution 1786-1789.
The Salons of Paris, 1786-1789. Fashion before the French Revolution.
Paris during the french revolution 1793 to 1795.
The balls à la victim (The Victim’s Ball). Dances everywhere after the 9th Thermidor. New social order of things in Paris. Metamorphosis of French feminine character.