Anglaise robe
The robe à l'anglaise (French for "dress in the English style"), or Anglaise for short , is a form of women's dress in the late 18th century .
The Anglaise developed out of the manteau in England and, like that, initially had a very fabric-rich back section that reached from shoulder to floor, the upper part of which was folded to form. In the lower area, the folds jump up to form a wide skirt.
In the course of development, the back part, which was originally made of one piece, was cut along the waist in order to be able to accommodate more material in the back area of the skirt, which billowed over the Cul de Paris . Finally, the top and bottom were cut separately.
In the course of the "English fashion", the Anglaise spread from its area of origin from around 1770, first to France, then all over Europe and gradually replaced the robe à la française as the most popular form of dress. From 1793/94 onwards, it was replaced by the previous forms of empirical fashion . The polonaise is a variant of the Anglaise .
literature
- Marianne Neumann: The fashion development in Régence and Rococo: A balancing act between tower hairstyle and hoop skirt , Diplomica Verlag , Hamburg 2014, p. 28 ff., ISBN 978-3-8428-9158-6
