- Marie Antoinette style - Late Louis XVI period - 1790
Marie Antoinette style - Late Louis XVI period - 1790 - Middle class costume during French Revolution - showing Charlotte Corday cap
Middle class costume during French Revolution - showing Charlotte Corday cap - Men's street costume Late Revolution and early Empire
Men's street costume Late Revolution and early Empire - Morning costume of Dandy of the early Revolutionary period - 1791
Morning costume of Dandy of the early Revolutionary period - 1791 - Mousquetaire or Cavalier Costume 1620 - 1640
Mousquetaire or Cavalier Costume 1620- 1640 - Reversion to the classic (Grecian) type
Reversion to the classic (Grecian) type - Street costume Late Louis XVI period - 1790
Street costume Late Louis XVI period - 1790 - The 1830 Effect
The 1830 Effect - The 1840 style
The 1840 style - The Extreme of the Crinoline - 1862
NO radical change in womens' costumes occurrred until the early fifties when what are known as the "Second Empire" styles were introduced. A remarkable feature of the fashions set by Eugenie, the consort of Napoleon III, was the enormous crinoline, of which we have more than once in recent years been threatened with a revival. The monstrous dimensions of women's skirts during the period from 1853 to the early seventies afforded an excellent theme for the pencil of the comic artist, and those who care to search the volumes of "Punch" and other illustrated publications of English and French origin, as well as those produced at the time in this country, will find both exact reproductions and caricatures of this style of costume. - The Grecian Bend
The Grecian Bend , a feature of the late 70's - The Incroyable of the Revolution Period - 1795
The Incroyable of the Revolution Period - 1795 "Incroyable" (incredible) was the sobriquet given to the fops or dandies of the later Revolutionary period. Here is the description of one of these remarkably dressed personages as given by the French writer, Honore de Balzac: The costume of his unknown presented an exact picture of the fashion which at that time called forth the caricatures of the Incroyables. Imagine a person muffled in a coat so short in front that there showed beneath five or six inches of the waistcoat and with skirts so long behind that they resembled a codfish tail, a term then commonly employed to designate them. An immense cravat formed round his neck such innumerable folds that the little head emerging from a labyrinth of muslin almost justified Captain Merle's kitchen simile. [Merle had described the Incroyable as looking "like a duck with its head protruding from a game pie."] The stranger wore tight breeches and boots a la Suwarrow; a huge white and blue cameo was stuck, as a pin, in his shirt. Two watch chains hung in parallel festoons at his waist, and his hair, hanging in corkscrew curls on each side of the face, almost hid his forehead. Finally, as a last touch of decoration, the collars of his shirt and his coat rose so high that his head presented the appearance of a bouquet in its paper wrappings. If there be added to these insignificant details, which formed a mass of disparities with no ensemble, the absurd contrast of his yellow breeches, his red waistcoat, his cinnamon brown coat, a faithful portrait will be given of the height of fashion at which dandies aimed at the beginning of the Consulate Preposterous as the costume was, it seemed to have been invented as a sort of touchstone of elegance to show that nothing can be too absurd for fashion to hallow it. - The more practical gown of the Empire Period
The more practical gown of the Empire Period - Tie-back skirt
Tie-back skirt Late '7o's and Early '8o's The bustle remained an important feature after the panier effect had been discarded. The skirts were made severely plain and were pulled back by strings, so as to fit with extreme snugness in the front. At the back, however, they were drawn out over a bustle of such extent that the fashion plates of the late '70's now have the appearance of caricatures. - Women's Costume during the Directory - 1795 - 1800
Women's Costume during the Directory - 1795 - 1800 - Young Gentleman Louis XIII period - 1625 - 1640
Young Gentleman Louis XIII period - 1625 - 1640 - Fashions for 1836 and 1837
Fashions for 1836 and 1837 - Theodore S Hook
Theodore S Hook - M. Blessington
M. Blessington - Alfred d Orsay
Alfred d Orsay - Sydney Smith
Sydney Smith - John Baldwin Buckstone
John Baldwin Buckstone - Thomas Noon Talfourd
Thomas Noon Talfourd - Mary Russell Mitford
Mary Russell Mitford - Walter Scott
Walter Scott - Lord Lyndhurst
Lord Lyndhurst - William Cobbett
William Cobbett - Burdett, Hume and O'Connell
Burdett, Hume and O'Connell - Edward Lytton Bulwer
Edward Lytton Bulwer - Lord John Russell
Lord John Russell - Benjamin D’Israeli
Benjamin D’Israeli - The Old Tabard Inn, High Street, Southwark
The Old Tabard Inn, High Street, Southwark - Thomas Campbell
Thomas Campbell - Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Samuel Taylor Coleridge - William Wordsworth
William Wordsworth - Rev. William Lisle Bowles
Rev. William Lisle Bowles - Pierre-Jean De Béranger
Pierre-Jean De Béranger - Lord Byron
Lord Byron - James Hogg
James Hogg - Regina's Maids of Honour
Regina's Maids of Honour - Harriet Martineau
Harriet Martineau - William Harrison Ainsworth
William Harrison Ainsworth - The Fraserians
The Fraserians - John Gibson Lockhart
John Gibson Lockhart - Samuel Rogers
Samuel Rogers - Thomas Moore
Thomas Moore - Lord Brougham
Lord Brougham - Washington Irving
Washington Irving - John Wilson Croker
John Wilson Croker - Sir John C. Hobhouse
Sir John C. Hobhouse - Michael Faraday
Michael Faraday - Queen Victoria in 1839
Queen Victoria in 1839 - Napoleon at Longwood
Napoleon at Longwood - The Queen receiving the sacrament, after her coronation - Westminster Abbey, June 29, 1838
- John Galt
- Leigh Hunt
Leigh Hunt - Sir Robert Peel
Sir Robert Peel - The Queens first council - Kensington Palace June 20 1837
Queen Victorias first council - Kensington Palace June 20 1837 The year 1837, except for the death of the old King and the accession of the young Queen, was a tolerably insignificant year. It was on June 20 that the King died. He was buried on the evening of July 9 at St. George’s Chapel, Windsor; on the 10th the Queen dissolved Parliament; on the 13th she went to Buckingham Palace; and on November 9 she visited the City, where they gave her a magnificent banquet, served in Guildhall at half past five, the Lord Mayor and City magnates humbly taking their modest meal at a lower table. - The Duchess of Kent, with Princess Victoria at the age of two
The Duchess of Kent, with Princess Victoria at the age of two - Thomas Carlyle
Thomas Carlyle (4 December 1795 – 5 February 1881) was a British historian, satirical writer, essayist, translator, philosopher, mathematician, and teacher [Wikipedia]