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Jean-Marc Nattier, an acclaimed 18th-century portraitist, was known for his mythological style, painting women in imagined costume that was only loosely based on fashionable trends, as is true in his 1750/60 Portrait of a Woman.
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Women’s fashion was ornate above all else in 1855, with the crinoline reigning prominently in conjunction with brightly colored silks and satins. Read more at the link below!
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Jean-Marc Nattier, an acclaimed 18th-century portraitist, was known for his mythological style, painting women in imagined costume that was only loosely based on fashionable trends, as is true in his 1750/60 Portrait of a Woman. Read more!
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Court painter Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun depicts the eternally fashionable Queen Marie Antoinette wearing late 18th-century French aristocratic costume, a robe à la française, in a face-saving portrait after the shock of an earlier fashion faux pas.
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Extreme bustles, striped patterns, and elaborate embellishments were all staples of the year 1886, characterizing it as a time of highly exaggerated and decorative fashion. Read more in our year overview!
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Changes in culture and female liberation, as well as advances in technology, have radically changed women’s swimwear from full-coverage wool suits to what we know today. Read more!
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A dagging is an extremely popular decorative edging technique created by cutting that reached its height during the Middle Ages and Renaissance. Read more in our term definition!
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Jean-Marc Nattier eschewed the trends of the 1750s to create a neoclassical-inspired fantasy. While the woman’s rosy blush and the embellishments of her dress are representative of Rococo style, the portrait shows a mythologized version of the woman.
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The échelle is a decorative ladder of bows cascading down the stomacher of a dress. They were worn during the late 17th and 18th centuries and were very recognizable as a favorite of Marie Antoinette and Rococo painters. Read more!
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1880s women’s fashion was defined by the rigidly structured bustle and an abundance of decoration. Dress reformers, influenced by artistic movements, protested the trends, but nonetheless these styles reigned supreme.
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