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LA FIGARO: worn in the style of fashions from "The Marriage of Figaro".
- AMADIS: tight fitting sleeve fastening at wrist, originally invented by opera singer to cover unsightly arms.
- AU NOUVEAU DESIRE: trimming with cordons of ermine; could be replaced with striped gauze or taffeta in summer.
- BAIGNEAUS: bonnet fashioned like a bathing cap.
- BAVETTE: upper part of apron.
- BONNET A LA CRETE DE COQ: cap shaped like a cockscomb.
- BONNET A LA LAITIERE: cap similar to a milkmaid's hat.
- BONNET A LA MORESQUE: cap shaped like a Mid East tarboosh.
- BONNET A LA VICTOIRE: cap decorated with laurel leaves and the symbol of victory
- BONNET DEMI-NEGLIGE: informal cap worn under hat.
- BONNET NEGLIGE : cap worn at home.
- BOURRELET: head protector for young children
- BURAT: sturdy woolen fabric.
- CARACO: hip-length robe worn over skirt (usually contrasting) with flounced hem.
- CARACO A COQUELUCHON: as above with hood or cowl.
- CARACO A LA FRANCAISE: robe with loose pleats at back.
- CARACO A LA POLONAISE: robe having bodice with lower fronts curved toward the back.
- CASAQUIN EN JUSTE: lower class woman's tight-fitting, short bodice or jacket.
- CHAPEAU A LA CERES: hat trimmed with wheat.
- CHAPEAU A LA CHARLOTTE: hat fashion introduced by Queen Charlotte of England.
- CHAPEAU A LA DEVONSHIRE: hat with feathers and aigrettes, styled after English version.
- CHAPEAU A LA TURQUE: hat styled in Turkish fashion.
- CHAPEAU A L'EGYPTIENNE: puffed kerchief with lace edge and held in place by a ribbon with an aigrette and two heron feathers.
- CHAPEAU JOCKEI: hat copying jockey or horsemen's hats
- CHEMISE: loose gown of white linen or gauze. In earlier times, know as robe d'interieur.
- CHEMISE A LA REINE: made popular by Marie-Antoinette, a gown donned over the head with a wide decolletage and sashed at waist.
- CHINE: watered appearance in fabric created by dying warp threads before weaving.
- CHISELE: patterns made by omitting the cut of some loop threads to creat a velvet pile.
- COIFFURE A L'ANGLOMANE: hair arranged in English style.
- COIFFURE A LA CONSEILLERE: style where hair is crisped on top, and below falls down straight in back and in large curls in front. Hair is unpowdered and natural colored.
- COIFFURE A LA DAUPHINE: two large curls and two curving curls on side frame hair in back and is held in place with ribbon and strings of pearls.
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- COIFFURE AU CHIEN COUCHANT: large side curls resting on shoulders.
- COSTUME AU GRAND FIGARO: short style jacket worn with waistcoatish bodice and sash.
- DEMI-TABLIER: short apron.
- DESHABILLE: state of undress; neglige.
- EN POUF: puffed or tufted.
- FALBALA: flounce or furbelow.
- FOURREAU: tight-fitting bodice or sheath
- FRAQUE A BAVAROISE: coat with lapels or revers
- FRAQUE A COQUELUCHON: a collared coat with hood or cowl.
- GAZE A BOUQUETS: floral patterned gauze.
- GAZE DE FANTAISIE: whimsically trimmed gauze
- GORGE A LA GABRIELLE D'ESTREES: neckline named for Gabrielle D'Estress, beautiful mistress of Henri IV.
- GORGE DE PIGEON: iridiscent silk taffeta chameleon: the warp is grey and the two wefts are blue sky and pink.
- GRAND DOMINO: huge cloak worn at carnivals in Venice over masked costumes and ballgowns. Also used as dressing gowns.
- GRAND HABIT DE COUR: formal court fashion, made of luxurious fabrics and ornately decorated
- GRAND NEGLIGE: out-of-door garment.
- GRAND PANIER: wide panniers worn under court robes used to support huge hip extensions
- GRANDE PELISSE D'HIVER: padded winter cloak trimmed in fur.
- GRANDE REDINGOTE A L'ALLEMANDE: redingote in the German style.
- GRANDE ROBE A CORPS OUVERT: robe opening to showoff matching petticoat worn over panniers.
- GRANDE ROBE A LA FRANCAISE: decorated gown with loose pleats at back worn over wide panniers.
- GROS DE NAPLES: Italian silk with corded surface.
- HABIT DE DEMI-GALA: costume made of semi-rich fabrics and modest trimmings, worn for non-formal occasions.
- LEVITE: sleeveless or shortsleeved gown straight in style and sashed at waist.
- LINON A FLEURS: floral printed fine lawn or linen
- MANCHETTES: armlets made of gauze and lace for decorative purposes and attached to gowns
- MANTEAU A LA CAVALIERE: circular cape worn in the style of calvarymen's capes.
- MANTEAU A LA L'ITALIENNE: same as above.
- MANTELET AU LEVER DE L'AURORE: small mantle worn in morning.
- NOEUDS D'AMOUR: ties and bows that decorate gown.
- PAN(N)IER: ("basket") oval hoops worn under the skirt, creating huge hip extensions.
- PARASOL A CANNE: parasol that is also a cane.
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- PARFAIT-CONTENTEMENT: the bow that hides a pin or clasp at the neckline
- PEKIN: Chinese silk, usually handpainted, that looks like taffeta.
- PELISSE: padded cloak or coat worn for warmth.
- PETITE-MAITRESSE: same as a "dandy" in males; fashionable but overdressed woman.
- PETITE ROBE UNIE: robe with matching petticoat worn over small panniers.
- POLONAISE: robe pulled back to form three coattail sections, held in draped fashion by drawstrings or ties, worn over matching or contrasting skirt that has flounced hem.
- POLONAISE A DEUX FINS: gown made to be drapes or to hang in a train
- PRUNE DE MONSIEUR: purple shade
- REDINGOTE: gown patterned after English riding coats.
- REDINGOTE A COQUELUCHON: as above, with cowl or hood-like collar.
- REDINGOTE A L'AMAZONE: woman's riding habit.
- REDINGOTE DU MATIN: morning gown.
- REDINGOTE EN BACKMANN: simply tailored warm coat.
- ROBE: gown.
- ROBE A L'AMERICAINE: simple sytle worn by immigrants.
- ROBE A L'ANGLAISE: robe fitted and shaped to torso.
- ROBE A LA CIRCASSIENNE: variation of a polonaise: short funnel sleeves, through which fitted sleeves of undergarment drawn through.
- ROBE A LA FRANCAISE: fitted bodiced gown which opened to show stomacher; two large double pleats hung down the back, and mainly used for court functions.
- ROBE A LA LEVANTINE: unfitted, fur-trimmed gown with short sleeves worn over long, tight-sleeved undergown.
- ROBE A LA REINE: bodice with attached overskirt wth fronts pulled back by tassled cording to show underskirt.
- ROBE A LA TRUQUE: tight bodiced gown with attached open-front outer robe, closed in front, with draped sash and funnel shape sleeves.
- ROBE DE CHAMBRE: housecoat or dressing gown.
- ROBE DE COUR: gown worn for court.
- ROBE DU MATIN: morning dresses.
- ROBE DU MATIN A L'ANGLAISE: English morning dress
- ROBE EN CHEMISE: undergarments; shifts
- SABOT: sleeves which were curved and narrow, seen mainly in last of 18th century.
- SERRE-TETE: hat ribbon on a bonnet.
- SOUBREVESTE: vest with no sleeves.
- SOUTANELLE: Catholic priest's coat.
- TRICOT: a knit fabric.
- VERMICELLI: fine motifs in swirling patterns printed on fabric.
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