French Fashion
during the reign of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette



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1770's-1780's

 

A french habit
silk embroidery
bouteonniére-felt cocked hat with
ostrich fringe
powdered hair
lingerie shirt
cravat
jabot
two watch fobs
sword

1780's

  Lévite redingote or carrick
Holland or Pennsylvania hat with ribbon band
lingerie cravat
velvet breeches
black leather shoes
strass buckles
powdered hair in cadogan
cane with tassels

1778

 Frockcoat - buttons and embroidery on waistcoat
cravat
jabot
two watches with fobs
Swiss or Androsmane hat, beaver with braid
cane with tassels

1787

 

 Redingote gown
velvet jacket and sash with tassels
satin revers, cuffs and train-lingerie tie and jabot-gauze
with scalloped edge and checked embroidery
gold buttons
powdered hair
hat of dotted gauze ostrich
embroidery and flowers
cane with carved bird and ribbon

1780's

  English gown
velvet bodice with lingerie fichu and sleeves
satin skirt
Gainsborough hat with pearls and ostrich
neck ribbon
powdered hair

1785

 Caraco gown of hunter's green silk
white lawn frills
fichu and apron
black hat with dotted rose ribbon
white ostrich
blond hair in cadogan
fan

1776

 Polonaise gown
striped and plain silk
cords
tassels and ruches
hat with turned up back ribbon
ostrich and aigrettes
neck ribbon
satin slippers with buckles

1780's

 

Lévite gown, silk with satin trimming
lingerie underskirt
knotted ribbon tassels
straw hat with ostrich and ribbon
powdered hair in cadogan style
cane with tassels
neck ribbon

1780

 

Circassienne gown
silk in two colors
Medici collar
boutonniére
tassels
hat with flowers, ribbon, ostrich, pleated frill
powdered hair
fan
satin shoes
buckles
handerkerchief

1775

 Pocket panniers
heavy silk with lingerie fichu and pleated ruffles
powdered hair
lingerie cap

1780's

 Riding habit
cloth jacket
silk waistcoat and skirt
fringed silk sash
knotted neckcloth
natural hair in braid
felt hat with ostrich

1770's

 

 Transparent summer coat stripes and embroidered dots
satin collar, bow, and fronts
gauze thérése over powdered hair
silk gown with galloon, ruches and tassels
fringed sash
jewelled buttons
kid slippers

Accessories

All images and text from The Mode In Costume by R. Turner Wilcox, Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1958

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