Still in progress!
En Cordelier
En Cordonnier
Friar’s Belt
Pointed Zone
Fashion Plate Terminology: Belts
Category: Fashion Magazine Terminology
Fashion Plate Terminology: Sleeves
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A la Donna Maria
“…both these dresses had sleeves a la Donna Maria, very tight at the smaller part of the arm.”
A la mameluke
“It is no longer fashionable to wear any stiffening under the sleeves, a la Mameluke. It is the mode now for them to fall entirely from the shoulders.” – May 1829
“…the sleeves are full but not quite a l’Imbecille, neither are they so wide as the Mameluke sleeves.” – August 1829
A la Marie
A la seduisante
A l’Imbecille
“It is not pleasant to be compelled to give always the true reason why fashions often bear a ludicrous though appropriate name; but the long and loose sleeves now worn without any support from the shoulder to the wrist, are styled sleeves a l’imbecille.* {*And they are justly so named; for they are exactly like those worn by the fool or clown in a pantomime, and the Chinese drolls, which perform such characters in their excellent plays. ED.}” – July 1829
“Perhaps it is to put an end, as soon as possible, to the the large sleeves, that they have been named, a l’imbecille. It must be confessed that they are universally adopted; however, a new form begins to appear; it is a l’amadis, very tight from the elbow to the wrist, while the upper part of the sleeve, which is extremely wide, falls above the elbow, like a kind of ruffle.” – July 1829
“the sleeves are full but not quite a l’Imbecille, neither are they so wide as the Mameluke sleeves.” – August 1829
“the imbecilles, however horrible their denomination, seem likely to be general during the summer.” – September 1829
A l’Orientale
En Beret
En jigot
Fashion Plate Terminology: Decorative Techniques
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A la Bourbon
Battlement-Notches
Brandenburghs
En Cherubins
En Dents de Loups
En Falbalas
En Scie
“On the broad hem, which ascends nearly as high as the knee, are ornaments en scie, placed rather wide apart, surmounted by a row of ornaments representing strawberry leaves, and finished like the jagged edges of the Florence-like ornaments” – November 1829
En Sue
En Treillage
Languette Straps
Papillon Rosettes
Paracenic Style Notches
Rideaux Drapery
Tablier Ornament
Vandycked
Fashion Plate Terminology: Head-Dresses and Hair Styles
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Andalusian Toque
Ariadne Toque with Ariadne streamer fastened to one side as a lappet
A la Chinoise
A la Grecque
A la Madonna (hair parting)
A la Naide
A la Sappho
A la serpent
A la Suisse
En corbeille
Hans Holbein Toque
Livinia Hat
Mentonniere
Spanish Toque
Veronese Toque
Fashion Plate Terminology: Bodices
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A la Greqcue
A la Roxelane
A la Sevigne
A la Vierge
A l’Edith
A l’Enfant
A Yelva
En circassienne
“…the Circassian drapery is becoming to almost every bust, and is much in favour.” August 1829
En Gerbe
En Paladin (the collar)