WEBThe stiff, formal, and elaborately ornate styles of the early 1700s gave way, by the end of the century, to simpler garb. The French aristocracy clung …

WEBAug 1, 2017 · OVERVIEW. The 1720s marked a distinct change in men’s and, particularly, women’s silhouettes from the two preceding decades. Although the basic forms remained the same—three-piece suits for …

WEBRound gown. Dress of the eighteenth century is not without anachronisms and exoticisms of its own, but that singular, changing, revolutionizing century has become an icon in the history of fashion. The eighteenth …

WEBOct 24, 2020 · OVERVIEW. During this decade, men’s fashionable dress exhibited few changes from the preceding ten years, apart from the powdered wig that became noticeably less voluminous. For women, the …

WEBIn dress, it saw many changes as the slender Mantua styles of the early 1700s gave way to the fullness of the Robe à la Francaise and finally to the post-revolutionary high-waisted, gauzy Empire/Regency style familiar …