Thursday, June 18, 2015
Monday, June 1, 2015
Robe a la francaise
I'm curious about the different "robe a la etc"s from the 1700s, and I came across good sources in the American Duchess and costumeholic blogs. Turns out there's myriad "robe a la something"s, each one named, so it seems, from mixing and matching various repeating features.
While each variation is glorious, I think I'll limit myself to what I see as the basics: robe a la francaise, robe a la volante, robe a la polonaise, robe en chemise, and robe a l'Anglaise. First one to be drawn is robe a la francaise:
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