Women's Costume during the Directory - 1795 - 1800
Women's Costume during the Directory - 1795 - 1800
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.
The more practical gown of the Empire Period
The more practical gown of the Empire Period
The Grecian Bend
The Grecian Bend , a feature of the late 70's
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 1840 style
The 1840 style
The 1830 Effect
The 1830 Effect
Street costume Late Louis XVI period - 1790
Street costume 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
Marie Antoinette style - Late Louis XVI period - 1790
Marie Antoinette style - Late Louis XVI period - 1790
Louis XV
Dress in the time of Louis XV
Louis XIV Period - about 1700
Louis XIV Period - about 1700
Louis XIII - about 1640
Louis XIII - about 1640
Henry IV or early Stuart - 1600 - 1615
Henry IV or early Stuart - 1600 - 1615
French Restoration period - 1823
French Restoration period - 1823
Late Empire - Ball dress and street costume
Late Empire - Ball dress and street costume
Elizabethan or Marie Stuart Period - 1558 - 1600
Elizabethan or Marie Stuart Period - 1558 - 1600
Elizabethan or Henry III Period - showing Medicis Collar
Elizabethan or Henry III Period - showing Medicis Collar
Elizabethan or Henry III - 1570
Elizabethan or Henry III - 1570
Early days of the crinoline - 1855
Early days of the crinoline - 1855
Days of the pannier
Days of the pannier
Court Dress 1540 - Tudor or Francis I
Court Dress 1540 - Tudor or Francis I
Court costume Louis XVI - about 1780
Court costume Louis XVI - about 1780
Ball Costume 1825
Ball Costume 1825
Court Dress of tudor or Louis XI Period
Court Dress of tudor or Louis XI Period
Court Dress of 1390
Court Dress of 1390
Court Dress - Early 15th Century
Court Dress - Early 15th Century
Young Woman's dress - 14th Century
Young Woman's dress - 14th Century
Court Dress - Latter part of 13th Century
Court Dress - Latter part of 13th Century