Marchande de modes

La Marchande de modes, gravure de Robert Bénard, 1769.

Marchande de modes was a French Guild organisation for women fashion merchants or milliners, normally meaning ornaments for headdresses, hats and dresses, within the city of Paris, active from August 1776 until 1791. It played a dominating role within the commercial life and fashion industry of France during the last decades prior to the French Revolution. Amongst its members where Rose Bertin, Mademoiselle Alexandre and Madame Eloffe.

See also[]

• Maîtresses marchandes lingères
• Maîtresses couturières

References[]

• James-Sarazin, Ariane et Lapasin, Régis, Gazette des atours de Marie-Antoinette, Paris, Réunion des Musées Nationaux - Archives nationales, 2006

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