Tag: Neoclassicism

Étoffes. Les Modes sous la Revolution. Costume féminin français.

Étoffes, Modes, Revolution, Costume, français

L’histoire du costume féminin français. Les Modes sous la Revolution 1792 – 1799. Étoffes. Costume d’enfant, Corsage bleu, Cocarde blanche, Chemise à la prêtresse, Sac rouge vif, Ruban de blonde garni, Jupe de toile imprimée

The Days of the Directoire. Costumes under the French Revolution.

Public audience, directory, Directoire, Revolution, costumes,

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.

Paris after the Revolution 1796-1800.

Merveilleuses, revolution, costume, fashion

French Directory. Fashion in Paris after the Revolution 1796-1800. Directoire. Semi-nude women in the Champs Élysées – No pockets – Mademoiselle Mars makes yellow velvet the rage – Rivalry between Mesdames Hamelin… Read More