#boulevard de la Madeleine

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Capucine par Georges Dambier, Café de la Paix, boulevard de la Madeleine, Paris, 1952.

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Capucine photographiée par Georges Dambier, Boulevard de la Madeleine, Café de la Paix, Paris, 1952. - source J-Arts.

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Bonjour, bonne journée ☕️ ☁️

Cinéma, bd de la Madeleine🗼Paris 1934

Photo de Pierre Jahan

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Edouard-Léon Cortès, Boulevard de la Madeleine, 1905.

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Edouard Cortes Boulevard de la Madeleine

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Edouard Cortes | Champs-Élysées | Triumphal Arch | Boulevard de la Madeleine |

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L'Art et la mode, no. 50, vol. 17, 12 décembre 1896, Paris. Manteau-visite. Création originale de la Maison Dieulfait, 1, boulevard de la Madeleine. Bibliothèque nationale de France

Manteau-visite, ajusté derrière par une ceinture de velours noir, brodé de jais. Manches retournées en velours noir, applications de jais. Col et étole boa en plumes de coq frisées.

Visiting coat, fitted at the back with a black velvet belt, embroidered with jet. Turned-up sleeves in black velvet, jet applications. Collar and boa stole in curly rooster feathers.

(Parfum “Royal Mimosa" de Jones).

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Chopin’s Wardrobe — What I Wore

Today I would like to share with you all the manner in which I dressed. It is interesting to see how fashions have changed over the course of 200 years. Some might say style has slipped… Anyway! Here are some details on my wardrobe:

My Suit

I liked to wear sober colours: black, mauve, blue… and especially grey. For instance, I once asked Julian Fontana to have made for me a pair of dark grey winter trousers, without a belt, which were smooth and stretchy.

Grey trousers, 1840.

At a concert in Glasgow, a pupil recalled that I had worn a pale grey suit. Which included a frock-coat of identical tint and texture.

(Left) Frock coat, 1840. (Right) Frock coat and trousers, 1852.

Under my suit, I would wear a modest waistcoat in a fabric such as a black velvet with a tiny inconspicuous pattern, something very quiet and elegant.

(Left) Provençal waistcoat with mauve silk seedlings, 1860. (Centre) Waistcoat with floral pattern, 1838. (Right) Striped waistcoat, 1850-70.

My preferred shirts were ones made of cambric or batiste fabric. They had small mother-of-pearl buttons, two breast-pockets, and could be bought for 14 francs.

For my cravat, I would wear muted colours during the day. Usually, I would tie it in a bow. However, when performing in a formal setting, I would wear a broad, white silk cravat.

Winter Clothes

To keep warm in the winter months, I wore a thick redingote or over-frock coat, as can be seen in this daguerreotype of myself from 1849.

(Left) Wool coat, 1840. (Centre) Winter costume. Paul Gavarni, 1846. (Right) Frock coat. Wool, trimmed with silk velvet. 1820-1830.

At one point, my sickness rendered me so sensitive to the cold that I wore three flannels under my trousers.

Underpants, mid-nineteenth century.

Accessories

Because I had small feet, I often found shoes uncomfortable. I mourned the day, Moos, my shoemaker died. No one made my shoes like him.

1840s men’s shoes.

On my head, I would always have my hair curled, and, when outdoors, I would wear a top hat. I bought my hats from Dupont’s because he made them lightweight. They were originally made of beaver felt but, by my later life, they were made of silk plush.

(Left) Top hat made of beaver felt, 1830s. (Right) Top hat made of silk plush, 1850.

My outfit was only complete with white gloves. Without them one would not be in good taste. Kid gloves were common, but I also liked wearing Swedish (suede) gloves. Always in white.

Evening gloves. 1848.

A pocket handkerchief was also a necessity.

Finally, I had a miniature pocket watch. According to one concert-goer, it was “In shape no bigger than an agate stone, on the forefinger of an alderman.”

Where did I shop?

I bought my top hats from Dupont’s at No 8, rue de Montblanc (the previous name for rue de la Chaussée-d’Antin). I lived on this street myself, both at No 5 (1833-36) and No 38 (1836-38).

(Left) 9, rue de la Chaussée-d’Antin, the fabric shop across the street from the milliners, 1840s. (Right) Rue de la Chaussée-d’Antin, 1858-1878.

My shirts came from No 37 in the Palais Royal galleries, on the theatre side.

(Left) View of the Galerie d'Orléans in the Palais-Royal, 1838. (Right) Jardin du Palais Royal, 1840s.

The white suede gloves could be acquired from À la Corbeille de Fleurs, Houbigant’s shop at No 19, rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré.

(Left) The corner of rue du Faubourg-Saint-Honoré, 1820-1840. (Right) Faubourg Saint-Honoré, 1814-1885.

There were also many shops along the Grands Boulevards. This is where I got my trousers made by my tailor, Dautremont.

(Left) Boulevard de la Madeleine, 1799. (Right) Boulevard des Capucines, 1830.

Boulevard des Italiens, 1840s (left), 1835 (right).

So…

As you can see, in spite my reputation for being picky and perhaps… prissy, with regard to fashion and furniture, I was far from what was called a dandy. My dress was never over-the-top and nor did I put on the airs that were so pertinent to dandyism. My desire, if anything, was to be refined and respectable. Although, perhaps my efforts to do so were occasionally cause for frenzy or distraction.

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Boulevard de la Madeleine, ca. 1925-30 Edouard Léon Cortès (French painter) 1882 - 1969 oil on canvas private collection

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Title: Boulevard de la Madeleine in Paris

Artist: Frits Thaulow

Date: 1896

Style: Impressionism

Genre: Cityscape

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Capucine photographiée par Georges Dambier, Boulevard de la Madeleine, Café de la Paix, Paris, 1952

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Capucine photographiée par Georges Dambier, Boulevard de la Madeleine, Café de la Paix, Paris, 1952. - source J-Arts.

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Antoine Blanchard - Boulevard de la Madeleine, Paris

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Boulevard de la Madeleine in Paris - Frits Thaulow // Why Won’t You Love Me - 5 Seconds of Summer

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EDOUARD LÉON CORTÈS

(1882 - 1969)

Boulevard de la Madeleine

Oil on canvas

24 x 19 7/8 inches

Signed

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Antoine Blanchard | Theatre du Gymnase, Winter | Boulevard de la Madeleine, Winter | Place de la Madeleine, Winter |