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- subject matching 'Fashion Plates: Bodices - Garibaldi bodices; Garibaldi shirts; Russian bodices'
A day bodice inspired by the red shirts worn by the Italian general, Giuseppe Garibaldi (1807-82) who visited England in 1863. In 1861 it was a loose front-fastening bodice of red cashmere with bands on the shoulder, but white cambric versions later appeared. It was made loose and falling over the waistband or confined with narrow tucks from neck to waist, worn with or without a jacket; 1860s.
'The Fashions'. Morning and ball dress, December 1861
by Bonnard, published by Samuel Orchart Beeton, published in The Englishwoman's Domestic Magazine, first published in Le Moniteur de la Mode, after A. Lacouche
hand-coloured etching and line engraving, published December 1861
NPG D47994
Summer day dress and country or seaside walking dress, 1869
by A. Lacourière, published in Les Modes Parisiennes, after François-Claudius Compte-Calix
hand-coloured etching, line and stipple engraving, 1869
NPG D48038