En Vogue! 18th-century fashions from France and the Netherlands
10 September – 4 December 2005 Gemeentemuseum Den Haag www.gemeentemuseum.nl

fig.: Robe à la française
France, ca. 1755
silk satin, silk chenille appliqués
Collection Musée Galliera, Paris
Photo : Karin Maucotel

Paris was the centre of fashion. Even the influences of England in fashion were made more fashionable by the women. It was a period with an international fashion scene and an European ‘look’. next>>>