almanach echo de la mode

On the cover of this Almanac, honor is given to regional headdresses (not fancy dresses):
Boulonnaise with her fine wrinkled, the Alsatian with her large bow of black silk,
Bretonne and her lace tower lace , the discreet and charming Arlésienne etc ... Finally the reader-city type, probably Parisian, elegant, seemingly natural, yet sophisticated ...

The pages devoted to travesties are more cheerful, warmer. Observe the ingenuity of these little artistic designs and what a joy for children to be a living illustration of the old music with clear voices singing the wildly joyful refrains

See below for the lovely ideas travesties! And if that gave you ideas for your girls? These prints are lovely but the realization sets does not seem simple at all. In this case, follow your imagination, our dolls are demanding, I know, but will be so proud to be Mardi Gras!

On the bridge of Avignon

The fine gentlemen Costume Lord, represented by a blue velvet coat, a waistcoat with gold glitter, satin knee breeches, a white lace dress. Wig of white silk on which arises a cocked hat of black velvet lined with white feathers?

The ladies-Bodice and lilac satin baskets and gold lace. The front of the skirt is trimmed with a golden bridge resting on a light green background contained water under the bridge. Sides and back of skirt in pink taffeta. The wig is white silk with a small crown side. Flowers on the head and neck.

Mother Michel

This costume is suitable for small and chubby girl. Brown serge dress with yellow cape. Black velvet ribbon at the bottom of the dress and big cat black velvet cut and applied to the back of the skirt. Gray wig hiding young blond hair and white cap piped. Mother Michel is holding a handkerchief fabric color.

Father Lustucru

(Who did not want the kiss of Mother Michel) s dressed in a serge breeches lined with low brick width. Blue Jacket-vest and white canvas apron .Bonnet white cotton. Roux wig. The knife is made of cardboard gold. A cat stuff out of a gold pan. This costume dress well a tall and thin boy.

← It rains, it rains, shepherdess.

This winsome shepherdess wears a skiât floral chiffon with wool jacket wool green bodice, half hidden by a kerchief of white linen. Yellow apron bordered with a brown ribbon set the ground relied on by the legs of sheeps.Those are cut out and applied with a blue ribbon round ifs nec. Umbrella covered with gold paper and puted on tie by a blue satin bow. The cap can be ruched tulle with black and white shepherd in Italian Straw. Hang on the edge of long pearls like drops of water (it rains!). Idem pearls scattered throughout

The Baker and his money →

The rich baker is dressed in a gray satin skirt, decorated breads and cakes in wool, quilted and embroidered braid crossed. Border in black velvet skirt, bodice basque red velvet with shawl draped in white linen. Bonnet lawn and knots of black velvet hat and the sleeves, bag of money in gray canvas. Bread cardboard hand.


Papa, small boats, This costume is suitable for very young children. A dress in cream wool cream with ribbons on the shoulders. Band of blue wool ocean and sunshine yellow satin radiating down the short dress. Small sailboats run around the white dress on high legs embroidered in black silk. Boat hat in white paper.	By moonlight A jacket of velvet or satin in your black, bordered with a range of white cotton satin with lines and marks lined black silk cord. A crescent of silver gauze, to the right of the jacket, is the legendary moonlight. The pajama fabric of silk or sateen white polka dot blue on the head, the classic white cotton cap sky and hand .... The candle extinguished.	It is Punch, Miss! Bust padded with cotton or kapok, with corsage made of strips of two tones. Bodice and skirt with two tone , pink and blue sky. We can enrich the costume with braid golden, collar piped in white muslin, silk tassels making buttons, hats buffoon that we will be in black velvet or gray felt.

←Tower beware
or the Duke of Bourbon

The young duke legs clad in breeches white (white jersey) and high gaiters enhanced funnel black oilcloth, black shoes.
Jacket bucket cotton satin light blue or royal blue, embellished with a ruffle and darkspawn in gold. Court mantle of red velvet and little white collet of small rabbit with small ermine tails in black silk. The crown is gold paper ; ornament at the top.

Ah! my beautiful castle ➞

For this costume we bill be made under a woolen dress fur trimmed, with tunic train lady cutter in a light upholstery, it is bordered in gold. The hennin is cardboard covered fabric similar to the tunic. Long chiffon veil. The hennin and cuffs are lined with black velvet.

Post Scriptum - Marshal Bugeaud, familiarly called in France, in this song only, " Father Bugeaud ", had distinguished himself during the first half of the 19th century, in particular under the First empire, the July Monarchy, the Second empire, finally in Algeria. A morning was badly woken, he went out of his tent not with his marshal's kepi but with his nightcap, in the big amusement of all his troop. Here is the origin of this very popular song in France ! Even now and nevertheless we are not any more in 1934

Good Tuesday bold ! Good Disguises !

Hélène Bugat-Pujol

February 2012