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We witness an acceleration of fashion cycles. In court, over the century, the volume of menswear becomes lighter while that of women's clothing is increased by binding accessories. In the 1770s, more practical and less ceremonial outfits appear in everyday life, thus diversifying traditional « à la française » clothes and dresses.
The stomacher, a V-shaped triangular panel, wore on the front of a woman's open gown in the 18th century. To keep the bosom from standing out, the stomacher was extravagantly adorned with embroidery, laces, rows of ribbon bows called échelle (ladder) and sometimes with jewels. Stomacher (1730-40s) The Kyoto Costume Institute.
Fashion at court. Early signs of the obsession with fashion as we know it today first appeared in the late 18th century. Dressmakers, bodice makers and stylists such as Rose Bertin, Marie-Antoinette’s “Minister of Fashion,” who at the time established a princely clientele at Versailles and other European Courts, built a new kind of empire.
Fashion in hats was never more varied than it was during the eighties and to the middle of the nineties. Hats of all sizes and materials, from small hats, caps, and close shapes to large enveloping bonnets and great broad-brimmed hats. One finds hats of straw, beaver, felt, silk, and gauze.
1 nov 2016 · After becoming queen in 1774, Marie-Antoinette embraced her new nation’s passion for fashion. Her enthusiasm for clothing fit into the wider culture that reigned at Versailles. In the 18th ...
From the Metropolitan Museum of Art website: The robe à la française, with open robe and petticoat, was the quintessential dress of the eighteenth century. Characteristic of 1770s costume are the piece’s low neckline, fitted bodice, narrow sleeves with double layered cuffs, as well as the sack back and fullness at the hips supported by ...
The fashion was followed, and formalised, so that soon an elaborate high lace cap stood on the women’s heads, the hair being piled up in front and adorned with a wire frame covered with lace and ribbons. The Fontange head-dress was called a “commode” in England, and was seen as early as the end of James II’s reign.
