Well humph. I wanted to be all "18th century Dress History PhD candidate" smarty-pants-y here, but everyone has already said…
There's nothing quite so fun as jumping down the research rabbit hole! Thanks for sharing!
I find all of this so much fun! Really. Coming back around to Abby's comment about the Russian gown--since we've…
I'm incredibly late to the party here, but I finally did mine so I thought I'd post. =) http://peryn-wn.livejournal.com/7123.html
Yes, I think you're right, and some very interesting commentary on Facebook has revealed that the lady in the portrait…
I've been looking only at the French plates, but I completely agree with you that terminology changes country-to-country. I haven't…
Yes, in fact that is exactly what the Galerie/Cabinet reported, that a lady wore a Robe a la Turque (or…
I'm so glad you're on the case, though! This is fascinating and I want to know more. I will be…
That makes a lot of sense, especially moving into the 1790s, when everything kindof when batshit for awhile. The "Robe…
I think the moral of the story is that we just don't know...yet. There might be an answer in the…