Mourir en beauté - Incendie et noyade en crinoline

Penultimate episode of Mourir en Beauté, today we are looking at the crinoline! Fire, drowning, falls, deaths which are listed in archives and in newspapers. Important: Invention of the crinoline & chronology: The Museum of Decorative Arts in Paris mentions Monsieur Person on its page dedicated to the history of fashion: https://madparis.fr/francais/musees/m... In 1914, Le Petit Journal affirmed that a Frenchman living in the United States, Joseph Thomas, claimed to be the inventor of the crinoline. http://cent.ans.free.fr/pj1914/pj1231... I recommend this site for the overall costume timeline. This video is based on French and English or American examples which may have differences in chronology :) Sources: Le Tintamarre: advertisement criticism, puffist satire: journal of industry, literature, music, fashion and theaters 1856 Le Messin, 1905 Charivari, 1832 Fashion Victims: The Dangers of Dress Past and Present, 2015 Alison Matthews David History of the crinoline in the past / by Albert de La Fizelière. Followed by the Satyr on the hoops, baskets etc. / by the knight of Nisard. and Unworthiness and Extravagance Baskets / by a Preacher 1859 La Crinoline, by Norbert Bonafous 1858 Fire ! : carnival madness in one act / carnival madness in one act; by MM. Gaston Marot and Taratte 1865 Consumptive Chic: A History of Beauty, Fashion, and Disease, Carolyn A Day, 2017 https://histoire-image.org/fr/etudes/...