my18thcenturysource:The White (and colourful) StripesThe stripes for the late 18th century menswear
my18thcenturysource:The White (and colourful) StripesThe stripes for the late 18th century menswear fashion are quite a thing, so dear male costumers, your next project should be a striped coat, waistcoat or breeches. Or the entire suit. You go Glen Coco.Photos from top:Striped silk frockcoat, waistcoat and breeches, late 18th century, Metropolitan Museum of Art.Man’s coat, French, 1789-1791, Les Arts Décoratifs.Waistcoat, 1790-1800, Victoria & Albert Museum.Blue stripes frockcoat, ca. 1775-1800, French, Metropolitan Museum of Art.Man’s coat of silk and satin (detail), Great Britain, 1785-1790, Victoria & Albert Museum.Man’s Suit (Detail), ca. 1790.Light green and peach man’s Coat, France, circa 1785, altered circa 1795, LACMA.“Portrait of a gentleman, traditionally identified as John Fawcett as Count Friponi”, George Clint.Costumers Silje Marie and Karl Friedrich Molberg in 1780s fashion. -- source link
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