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2. Close-bodied gown - Wikipedia

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   A close-bodied gown, English nightgown, or robe à l'anglaise was a women's fashion of the 18th century. Like the earlier mantua , from which it evolved, [ 1 ] the back of the gown featured pleats from the shoulder, stitched down to mould the gown closely to the body until the fullness was released into the skirt.

3. 1700–1750 in Western fashion - Wikipedia

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   The less formal robe à l'anglaise, Close-bodied gown or "nightgown" could also have a pleated back, but these pleats would be sewn down to fit the back of the bodice to the body and waist. Other versions of the gown simply had a seam along the back of the bodice. [3] This gown featured a snug bodice with a full skirt worn without panniers ...

4. 1750–1775 in Western fashion - Wikipedia

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   The robe à l'anglaise or close-bodied gown featured back pleats sewn in place to fit closely to the body, and then released into the skirt which would be draped in various ways. The Brunswick dress was a two-piece costume of German origin consisting of a hip-length jacket with "split sleeves"—flounced elbow-length sleeves and long, tight ...

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6. 1775–1795 in Western fashion - Wikipedia

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   The robe à l'anglaise or close-bodied gown featured back pleats sewn in place to fit closely to the body, and then released into the skirt which would be draped in various ways. Elaborate draping " à la polonaise " became fashionable by the mid-1770s, featuring backs of the gowns' skirts pulled up into swags either through loops or through ...

7. Polonaise (clothing) - Wikipedia

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   Close-bodied gown with the skirt draped à la polonaise, c. 1775. LACMA, M.70.85. [3] About the same time, French fashion adopted a number of styles of English origin, such as the close-bodied gown which they called robe à l'anglaise, and the fullness of the skirts at the back waist and over the hips. One way to "create the fashionable bulk at ...

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9. Robe de cour - Wikipedia

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   Court dress, the grand habit de cour or "stiff-bodied" gown, retained the styles of the 1670s after it had been replaced by the mantua dress in all other but the most formal occasions in the end of the 17th-century. It featured a low, oval neckline that bared the shoulders, and the heavily boned bodice laced closed in back, unlike the front ...