- Justacorps
A justacorps or justaucorps is a garment worn in the latter 17th century and earlier 18th century. Of French origin, the justacorps was a
knee -length coat, fitted to thewaist and flared below, without a waistseam . It featured deep, turn-backcuff s and was worn over a long vest orwaistcoat andbreeches .The justacorps was an
aristocrat ic garment worn primarily by men, although some women wore the justacorps with a matchingpetticoat as ariding habit . [See Ribeiro, "Fashion and Fiction: Dress in Art and Literature in Stuart England"]ee also
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1650-1700 in fashion
*1700-1750 in fashion Notes
References
*Payne, Blanche: "History of Costume from the Ancient Egyptians to the Twentieth Century", Harper & Row, 1965. No ISBN for this edition; ASIN B0006BMNFS
*Picken, Mary Brooks: "The Fashion Dictionary", Funk and Wagnalls, 1957. (1973 edition ISBN 0-308-10052-2)
*Ribeiro, Aileen: "Fashion and Fiction: Dress in Art and Literature in Stuart England", Yale, 2005, ISBN 0-300-10999-7
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