unsoundasleep:uwmspeccoll: Fashion Friday (Mode Vendredi) For our French Fashion Friday, we present
unsoundasleep:uwmspeccoll: Fashion Friday (Mode Vendredi) For our French Fashion Friday, we present The History of French Masculine Costume by the costume historian Paul-Louis de Giafferri, published in New York by Foreign Publications in 1927. The publication is a portfolio containing ten folders, with each folder containing text and plates of fashions from different time periods in French history. For this Fashion Friday we are featuring the folder entitled “Romantic Dandies and Beaux of the Restoration Period,” i.e., the Bourbon Restoration of the early 18th century. “The following is the description of a fop at the beginning of the Restoration: Hair glossy and curled, saturated with perfume; complexion bright and sometimes touched up with a little vegetable rouge; a stiff tight cravat, with or without a knot, according to the hour of the day. Flowing silk or cotton trousers, or tight for the morning ride. Long spurs, a short riding whip with a lash à la russe. Short waistcoat, jabot with an inch of small frills, tail-coat with a flat collar, hat with a broad brim, light boots or low shoes, an eye-glass dangling from his neck and seals from his watch.” well if it isn’t the most on-point fashion reference I’ve ever seen~(OP means early 19th century of course! 1814-1830 <3) -- source link
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