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‘Journal des Demoiselles’, 1868

I really do like sacque back gowns so on the sixteenth day of advent I have another to share. 🎄 Robe à la française c.1750 - 1760. Liseré satin, grey and green silk. Lining: striped taffeta, green and violet silk. Green silk chenille appliqués. 🎄 Often to be seen in the works of the great painter Antoine Watteau, the 'robe à la française' was the hallmark of the elegant woman during the reign of Louis XV. 🎄 Its outstanding characteristic was its back, whose box pleats fell loose to the floor, with a slight train. It was worn over a petticoat most often made of the same material. 🎄 The close-fitting bodice was closed by compères, pieces of fabric attached to each side of the opening and buttoned together. The 'pagoda' sleeves stopped at the elbows and were ornamented with two scalloped flounces. 🎄 Beneath the dress was a whalebone corset which turned the torso into an inverted triangle, while the hips were broadened with panniers or side hoops made of reed or metal. 🎄This robe à la française is a pefect illustration of the Rococo aesthetic, which saw beauty as necessarily dynamic: the undulation of the flowers on the fabric and the silk chenille appliqués on the bodice were harmoniously matched by the swaying of the panniers as the wearer moved about. #history #museumcollection #antiquetextile #instamuseum #museumoninstagram #antiquesilk #historicaldress #costumehistory #fashion #historicalfashion #historicalclothing #dresshistory #fashionhistory #historicalcostume #fashionhistorian #18thcentury #18thcenturyfashion #robealafrancaise #advent #sackback #christmasadvent #sacque #Christmas Source: Palais Galliera, musée de la Mode de la Ville de Paris https://www.instagram.com/p/B6IM3srAClv/?igshid=cigz04z3zr31

Le Cachet de Paris, 1926 💚

Robe à la Française, ca. 1770 ℹ The robe à la française, with open robe and petticoat, was the quintessential dress of the eighteenth century. ℹ Characteristic of 1770s costume are the piece's low neckline, fitted bodice, narrow sleeves with double layered cuffs, as well as the sack back and fullness at the hips supported by panniers. ℹ This exquisite example is constructed from a rare Chinese export silk dating from the first quarter of the eighteenth century. ℹ The textile is an ivory "bizarre" patterned damask (created by reversing the weave structure so that both the warp-float and weft-float faces of the satin are on the same surface). ℹ As early as the late sixteenth century, Chinese craftsmen created silks for the European market, which were exported by the East India companies of England, France, and Holland. ℹ Due to the exchange of design motifs by both Eastern and Western artisans, Chinese export silks often bore little relation to traditional Chinese aesthetics. ℹ While this patterned damask closely resembles the European "bizarre" silks popular during the first quarter of the eighteenth century, the selvedge-to-selvedge width, fabric weight, and selvedge markings all indicate Chinese manufacture. ℹ To fully appreciate the sumptuousness of this dress, one might imagine the sense of movement candlelight would have created across its surface. #history #museumcollection #antiquetextile #instamuseum #museumoninstagram #antiquesilk #historicaldress #costumehistory #fashion #historicalfashion #historicalclothing #dresshistory #fashionhistory #historicalcostume #fashionhistorian #18thcentury #18thcenturyfashion #robealafrancaise #sacque #sackback Source: The MET https://www.instagram.com/p/B1x2P-wAzFj/?igshid=1395axju1ki23

For all its conformity to the decorous sartorial requirements of the time, the button-closing front of the bodice is a development of the last half of the eighteenth century. Previously, the overgown did not close over the corset. The part of corset that was left exposed was concealed by an inverted triangle of fabric called the stomacher. Pinned in, it conveyed the impression of an overdress with matching underbodice and petticoat. This gown, like the blue gown, has the innovation of a compiegne, or vest-like stomacher, which is sewn onto the overdress and either pinned or, as in the case of these two gowns, buttoned closed at center front. Typically, the covered boxwood buttons repeat a detail taken from the design of the gown's textile. https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/99509

Sack-back gown, UK, 1760. Silk, trimmed with silk cord, braid and ribbon, lined with linen. #Sackback #sackbackgown #greatbritain #1700s #1760 #18thcentury #brightyellow #silk #rococo #robealafrancaise #victoriaandalbertmuseum #vamuseum #fashion #fashioninspiration #fashionhistory #fashiongram #fashionhistory #historicalfashion #history #historicalcostuming #historicalgarments #historical #instafashion #oodt #stylehistory #style #vintage #womensclothing

New slow race #sackback #slowrace #southboundanddown