This study reexamiens our understnaidng of fashion through an analysis of fashion reports in the Journal des Dames published in Paris from January to May 1775 (Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris). Presented by the editor as "the most exact picture, after which one will judge the customs of the present century" (Montan-clos, 1775, p.129), the reports covered court dress, robes, ornamentation, bonnets, mantelets and fichus, and more briefly coiffures, jewelry, and cosmetics.
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