WEBDec 3, 2018 · SOUBRETTE or WAITING MAID (of Louis XV’s time) – Among the French masquerade ball costumes that people wore was the pretty poudré short dress, generally a quilted skirt, cap, and muslin apron.

WEBFrance Men’s Dress 1700-1750. The first important change affected the wig as worn by men. From the beginning of the eighteenth century wigs had become much smaller. The prime movers in this change were the army.

WEBJan 26, 2019 · Although fancy dress balls remained fashionable in the 1800s, they became much more respectable than the dramatic, risqué masquerade balls of the 1700s. If you were to attend a masked ball, …

WEBJun 24, 2021 · Surviving dresses from the 1730s resemble those in the paintings and the decoration seen in the illustration is more typical of dresses from the 1740s and later (Fig. 1). Small caps introduced in the …

WEBMar 15, 2012 · Jane Austen fans are familiar with the high-waisted muslin dresses popular during her adulthood. How many are aware that machine-made net or gauze became a "hot" item from 1810 and on? "Net …