While trolling the archives of
Bunka Gakuen Library (oh, you treasure trove!), I came across the book
Incroyables et Merveilleuses de 1814 By Georges Gatine. There is nothing about the book itself, but I was able to cobble together a bit about it from the interwebs. It appears to be a book published around 1815 in Paris and was meant to be used for prints. It is on a larger scale than most fashion magazines of the day. It started out with the plates alternating between male and female, but quickly moved to almost entirely female (with a few military chaps thrown in for good measure). It borders on satire: not quite as crazy as Le Bon Genre, but certainly a bit exaggerated. I would imagine much like our InStyle and Vogue don't represent what most of us wear on a daily basis. I found the plates utterly charming, so I thought I would share them here with you. This isn't all of them- I left out the fellows- but you can find all of the plates at Bunka Gakuen.
I'll be posting these in 3 parts, since there are quite a few of them:
Part 1
How amazing are those shoes?
Oooh! Buttons on the side of the boots, or are they spats?
VERY flowery bonnet!
What a color!
Presented without comment...
Incredible detail around her hem!
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