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Fashion Influence Baroque & Rococo Chapters 9 & 10 --- "Robe à la Française"
ANNI PENG
Prof. Hollie Luttrell
Today, Robe à la Française is had huge of fashion influence. On the top of picture, Women with coquettish airs were imposing in robes à la française and robes à l'anglaise throughout the period between 1720 and 1780. The robe à la française was derived from the loose negligee sacque dress of the earlier part of the century, which was pleated from the shoulders at the front at the back. The wide skirts, which were often open at the front to expose a highly decorated underskirt, were supported by panniers. For bottom of picture, it have different of style for the top, and still have traditional of the dresses are supported by a panniers.
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