Each number of this magazine contained fashion notes and illustrations of women's, children's and baby's clothes and some men's wear, such as shirts and underwear, which could be made at home.
The garments are, from left to right, VÉtement, ê la hussarde en drap vert bouteille, front and back views; Costume polonaise pour petit garìon de 5 ê 7 ans; Paletot pour petit garìon de 5 ê 7 ans; Havelock pour dame agÄe, front and back views; and Paletot pour fille de 5 ê 17 ans, front and back views. All, with one exception, have been given names decreed by fashion writers of the day. The exception is the boy's paletot. Paletot is a French term for overcoat. The girl's jacket of the same name is an example of using the term in a fashion sense. The women's paletot went through many changes, much to the confusion of costume historians.
The VÉtement ê la hussarde illustrates the military touch, reflecting military activity of the moment, just as women's jackets were cut like battle dress during World War II. The Havelock appears to be a mixture of a paletot and a mantle. The mantle was a short cloak with cape sleeves worn since the 1840s.
The patterns for these garments are shown above, drawn one over the other. This method of publishing patterns was begun in the 1860s. It appears complicated because tracing and enlarging was necessary.
