17th century french fashion

Beautiful baroque style dresses that were popular at the courts of Louis XIV and Charles II. (Via katybirdy95) To quote : Women’s clo...

Download this stock image: The Figures represented here are all French ladies of the court living in the 17th century, specifically between 1600 and 1670. The illustration dates to 1882. - PT925H from Alamy's library of millions of high resolution stock photos, illustrations and vectors.

I continue my series of antique French Fashion plates from the time of Maire Antoinette with a few examples of some of the more extreme fashions of the day. Most of us modern ladies think of historical clothing prior to the 1920's as being very conservative and buttoned up; however this is not always the case. Low cut bodices were very much in fashion for much of the 16th - 19th Centuries. Strange how it was permissible to expose so much of ones bosom in public yet exposing ones shoulders…

1670's gown - Diary of a Mantua Maker http://mantuadiary.blogspot.com/

17th century fashion. Noblewoman in 1650. French baroque fashion. 17th century. Ancien Régime court dress. Sheets for costume design by Franz Lipperheide

The french farthingale was unique in the style of the skirt. A wheel or drum were made of spokes that connected to the waist laterally to create extra volume, resulting in a circular wheel shape.

history of Western Theatre: 17th Century to Now/Early French 18th

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