Galerie des Modes, 49e Cahier, 5e Figure

The provoking Eriphile traveling to the voice of that which possesses her heart: she is dressed in a caraco and fourreau of taffeta: she is coiffed with a hat à la Marigny.* (1786)

"We wear successively black-striped or white satin-striped white muslin caracos, and taffeta or other colored fabric caracos.  We also wear sky-blue caracos, with unbleached linen petticoats; caracos with wavy green stripes, and with white stripes, with puce petticoats; caracos with straw-colored stripes and moire puce stripes, with water-green petticoats."

Le Magasin des Modes, July 15, 1786

* Possibly Charles de Bernard de Marigny (1740-1816), a French naval hero.

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