Galerie des Modes, 22e Cahier, 2e Figure
Young Lady who is decked out in a large, hooded, taffeta Domino; this dress was adopted a long time ago at the public balls when one doesn't intend to dance, but to enjoy the spectacle without being recognized: it is convenient in that it covers the most négligé toilette and the grandest parure equally . (1779) Domino à la b ahoute ,* or negligé Domino. This was approximately the Domino , when the French imported it from the Ven etians. Th at worn by Men only opens to the waist in front; it was, after this, entirely open. Women wore it closed, with a hood, as in the Print; Men added a cape. The taste of the French Ladies for gallant parures has not been a long time without extending its empire over this Garment. Then one saw the trimmed Dominos arise, whose combinations vary to infinity, and the Dominos à la Bahoute are, as it were, fallen into disu se. With respect to the mas k s, they were very fashionable in the sixteenth century, especia...