A la mode. L'art de paraître au 18e siècle. Magazines or these imaginary characters (Arthur

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A la mode. L'art de paraître au 18e siècle. Magazines or these imaginary characters (ArthurThe history of costume and its representation in the Age of Enlightenment is as much a real illustration of a material culture as it is a creation of the imagination. In the 18th century, the birth of fashion was first and foremost that of new trades and a specialized press, and constitutes the sign of an accelerated transformation of society. The French style, worn by both the aristocracy and the urban upper middle class, prevailed in all the courts