Polonaise (clothing)

As Polonaise (also Robe à la Polonaise, French for " dress in the Polish style " ) different styles of women's clothing were called.

First Polonaise (ca. 1772-1780 )

The oldest is a modification of the Robe à l' Anglaise, which differs from that to the dress skirt is gathered up at the back with the help of two strings or bands. In most cases the tapes were fastened inside at the waist line and pulled through the inside of the skirt installed loops, so that the gathering could be amplified or attenuated by shorten or lengthen the straps. In addition, there are instances in which the cords of the one end on the outside, are attached to the other inside of the waist line. In this case, no height adjustment is possible. The gathers at two sites results in a visual tripartite division of the skirt, which should be responsible for the naming, since 1772, when the polonaise became fashionable, the partitions of Poland began. The rear bagging skirt accented by a Cul de Paris called padding part.

Polonaise (ca. 1794-96 )

End of 1794 there was a dress form in fashion, with the previous Polonaise only the name had together. The dress falls without supports or smooth ruffles down the front is wide open and will forward a little held together by a belt-like insert above the natural waistline. The sleeves are long, narrow and extend to the wrist. Since this Polonaise is open in front, among them had to be worn a different dress. The detail was obscured by a hochgebauschtes fichu.

Third Polonaise (ca. 1870-80 )

At the time of first bustle in the 1870s, the skirts were similar at the time of the first polonaise blown back and shirred. There was talk of a return of the Cul de Paris and designated certain, the first Polonaise similar types of gathering as a polonaise.

• Women's Clothing
• Kostümkunde the Rococo
• Kostümkunde 1870-1890