18th century blog

Self portrait with two pupils, 1785.

French painter Adélaïde Labille-Guiard on Wikipedia.

The art of Adélaïde Labille-Guiard

More paintings after the cut.

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Tidens Tøj

This an “Internet exhibition” of clothes ranging from the 1700s to the 1980s, and they have quite a lot of stuff in the 1700s section. The photos are great and there are even patterns for some of the clothes! The site is in Danish but I think you can figure out the navigation even if you don’t know the language. There are also long descriptions of every garment, but they’re in Danish too of course. You can see the clothes in real life at the Danish national museum.

Self portrait, 1782.

French painter Élisabeth-Louise Vigée-Le Brun on Wikipedia.

A good site with tons of her paintings: The art of Élisabeth-Louise Vigée-Le Brun

Some of her paintings after the cut.

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Portrait by Vigée-Le Brun.

Marie Antoinette on Wikipedia.
Marie Antoinette online.
Marie Antoinette, queen of France.

Many more portraits after the cut.

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Costume Antique
This German site has lists of links to existing clothes from the 18th century, for both men and women. Click “Kleidung der Dame” and “Kleidung des Mannes”, to go to the lists.

Edit: The website has been updated and has a new address.

Trosseau
Antique clothing for sale. Very expensive of course, but great for photos.

Reine des Centfeuilles
German costuming company, mostly 18th century clothes. It seems they made the dress on the cover of the Queen of Fashion book.

Eighteenth-Century European Dress at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. A few photos and a little bit of information.

A catalogue of 18th-century British mezzotint satires in North American collections.

L’Âge des Lumières
I posted a link earlier about this German 18th century society, but this seems to be their main website.

Vive la joie!
German 18th century society. The site has very small pictures though so you can’t see much.

Here’s another site with more pictures from their events: 18tes jahrhundert.

Fop fest
A recurring 18th century event in Canada that looks pretty fantastic!

Chenilles et papillons
French site with 18th century clothes. This site is so amazing. The photography is gorgeous and the outfits even more so. They don’t seem to be selling anything though.

EDIT: See the comment section for more information. Chenilles et papillons do take custom orders.

18thCenturyGowns.com
Historical costumes, mostly 18th century.