Polonaise (clothing)

Polonaise (clothing)

A polonaise (originally robe à la Polonaise) is a woman's garment of the later 1770s and 1780s or a similar revival style of the 1880s, consisting of a gown with a fitted bodice and cutaway, draped and poufed overskirt, worn over an underskirt or petticoat.

The eighteenth century polonaise (also referred to as a milkmaid dress) was a conscious imitation of rustic country women's habit of tucking their outer gowns up to keep them out of the muck. The open skirt could be poofed up by tucking the front corners through the pocket slits or, later, by means of tapes and loops sewn into the skirt.

The nineteenth century revival style had lost all connotations of this rustic origin.

References

Arnold, Janet: "Patterns of Fashion 2: Englishwomen's Dresses and Their Construction C.1860-1940", Wace 1966, Macmillan 1972. Revised metric edition, Drama Books 1977. ISBN 0-89676-027-8

Ashelford, Jane: "The Art of Dress: Clothing and Society 1500-1914", Abrams, 1996. ISBN 0-8109-6317-5

de Marly, Diana: "Working Dress: A History of Occupational Clothing", Batsford (UK), 1986; Holmes & Meier (US), 1987. ISBN 0-8419-1111-8

Payne, Blanche: "History of Costume from the Ancient Egyptians to the Twentieth Century", Harper & Row, 1965. No ISBN for this edition; ASIN B0006BMNFS Tozer, Jane and Sarah Levitt, "Fabric of Society: A Century of People and their Clothes 1770-1870, Laura Ashley Press, ISBN 0-9508913-0-4

See also

*1750-1795 in fashion

External links

* [http://www.nehelenia-designs.com/Ye_Olde_Online_Shoppe/Rococo/B04/polonaise_back.jpgPhoto of 18th century gown draped à la polonaise, rear view]


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