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class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Not to be confused with <a href="/wiki/Polonaise_(sauce)" title="Polonaise (sauce)">Polonaise (sauce)</a>.</div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Jean-Michel_Moreau_le_Jeune_Le_Rendez-vous_pour_Marly.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/Jean-Michel_Moreau_le_Jeune_Le_Rendez-vous_pour_Marly.jpg/300px-Jean-Michel_Moreau_le_Jeune_Le_Rendez-vous_pour_Marly.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="366" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/Jean-Michel_Moreau_le_Jeune_Le_Rendez-vous_pour_Marly.jpg/450px-Jean-Michel_Moreau_le_Jeune_Le_Rendez-vous_pour_Marly.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/Jean-Michel_Moreau_le_Jeune_Le_Rendez-vous_pour_Marly.jpg/600px-Jean-Michel_Moreau_le_Jeune_Le_Rendez-vous_pour_Marly.jpg 2x" data-file-width="809" data-file-height="986" /></a><figcaption>Two women wearing the <i>robe à la polonaise</i>, literally meaning the Polish dress <a href="/wiki/Jean-Michel_Moreau" title="Jean-Michel Moreau">Jean-Michel Moreau</a>, <i>Le Rendez-vous pour Marly</i>, engraved by <a href="/wiki/Carl_Guttenberg" title="Carl Guttenberg">Carl Guttenberg</a> c. 1777.</figcaption></figure> <p>The <i><b>robe à la polonaise</b></i> or <i><b>polonaise</b></i>, literally meaning the Polish dress, is a woman's <a href="/wiki/Clothing" title="Clothing">garment</a> of the 18th century <a href="/wiki/1750%E2%80%931795_in_fashion" 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From the 18th century, the term <i><b>polonaise</b></i> also described a fitted overdress which extended into long panels over the underskirt, but was not necessarily draped or swagged. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Origin_and_structure">Origin and structure</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Polonaise_(clothing)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Origin and structure"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As early as the 1720s, French Queen <a href="/wiki/Marie_Leszczy%C5%84ska" title="Marie Leszczyńska">Marie Leszczyńska</a> made the Polish dress popular in that decade.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (October 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> By the 1770s, elements of this style began to appear in fashionable dress, including the wide-brimmed hat (dubbed the "Rubens hat" in the <i>Fashionable Magazine</i> of 1786) and bunched-up skirts.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Woman%27s_Robe_a_la_Polonaise_(Close-bodied_Gown)_LACMA_M.70.85_(10_of_10).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Woman%27s_Robe_a_la_Polonaise_%28Close-bodied_Gown%29_LACMA_M.70.85_%2810_of_10%29.jpg/175px-Woman%27s_Robe_a_la_Polonaise_%28Close-bodied_Gown%29_LACMA_M.70.85_%2810_of_10%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="175" height="272" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Woman%27s_Robe_a_la_Polonaise_%28Close-bodied_Gown%29_LACMA_M.70.85_%2810_of_10%29.jpg/263px-Woman%27s_Robe_a_la_Polonaise_%28Close-bodied_Gown%29_LACMA_M.70.85_%2810_of_10%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Woman%27s_Robe_a_la_Polonaise_%28Close-bodied_Gown%29_LACMA_M.70.85_%2810_of_10%29.jpg/350px-Woman%27s_Robe_a_la_Polonaise_%28Close-bodied_Gown%29_LACMA_M.70.85_%2810_of_10%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1351" data-file-height="2100" /></a><figcaption>Close-bodied gown with the skirt draped <i>à la polonaise</i>, c. 1775. <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_County_Museum_of_Art" title="Los Angeles County Museum of Art">LACMA</a>, M.70.85.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></figcaption></figure> <p>About the same time, French fashion adopted a number of styles of English origin, such as the <a href="/wiki/Close-bodied_gown" title="Close-bodied gown">close-bodied gown</a> which they called <i>robe à l'anglaise</i>, and the fullness of the skirts at the back waist and over the hips. One way to "create the fashionable bulk at the back and sides of the dress was to kilt up the overskirt by means of interior or exterior loops, buttons or tassels to form swags of material. This style ... was known as <i>à la polonaise</i>."<sup id="cite_ref-RibeiroArt66_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RibeiroArt66-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This style was characterized by ankle length petticoats that revealed high-heeled walking shoes. Due to this it served as a practical garment for walking because the skirts did not drag along the ground.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Since the beginning of the 18th century, middle-class women had adopted various impromptu ways of kilting their overskirts up out of the muck of the streets. The <i>polonaise</i> was a fashionable variant of this style. The name <i>Polonaise</i> (or <i>polonese</i>) derives "obviously from Polish styles—whether it referred originally to the fur trimming or to the kilting up to one side (a Polish fashion which came from Turkish costume) is not really clear."<sup id="cite_ref-RibeiroDress226_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RibeiroDress226-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There is some controversy over application of the name <i>polonaise</i> to 18th century dress. Some sources define it as being cut in the same fashion as a <i>robe à l'anglaise</i>, but with cords pulling up the skirts in two places in the back, and they date the style from the beginning of the 1770s.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Others explicitly refute this: Waugh states that the <i>robe à l'anglaise</i> was often equipped with tapes to draw up the skirt, and on the topic of the <i>polonaise</i> says: </p> <blockquote><p>Though this term is often applied to any eighteenth-century dress with back drapery, it belongs, strictly speaking, to an over dress that appeared c. 1775. This was cut like the man's coat of the same period, with centre back and two far-back side seams all terminating in inverted pleats, the front being in one piece with an underarm dart. It was caught to the top of the bodice centre front ...<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <p><a href="/wiki/Aileen_Ribeiro" title="Aileen Ribeiro">Aileen Ribeiro</a> describes the <i>polonaise</i> as "cut in four parts, two at the front and two at the back,"<sup id="cite_ref-RibeiroDress226_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RibeiroDress226-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> with the bodice closed at the top center front and sloping away at the sides, leaving a triangular gap that was filled by a false waistcoat. Sleeves could be three-quarter length or long, and various styles such as the Irish, Italian and French <i>polonaise</i> were described by contemporaries.<sup id="cite_ref-RibeiroDress226_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RibeiroDress226-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A variation on the <i>robe à la polonaise</i> was the <i>robe à la circassienne</i>, cut the same but trimmed with "<a href="/wiki/Oriental" class="mw-redirect" title="Oriental">oriental</a>" tassels or fur.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="19th_century_usage_and_revival">19th century usage and revival</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Polonaise_(clothing)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: 19th century usage and revival"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Albert_von_Keller_-_Bildnis_der_M%C3%BCnchener_Hofschauspielerin_Mimi_Cramer,_1875.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/Albert_von_Keller_-_Bildnis_der_M%C3%BCnchener_Hofschauspielerin_Mimi_Cramer%2C_1875.jpg/250px-Albert_von_Keller_-_Bildnis_der_M%C3%BCnchener_Hofschauspielerin_Mimi_Cramer%2C_1875.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="299" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/Albert_von_Keller_-_Bildnis_der_M%C3%BCnchener_Hofschauspielerin_Mimi_Cramer%2C_1875.jpg/375px-Albert_von_Keller_-_Bildnis_der_M%C3%BCnchener_Hofschauspielerin_Mimi_Cramer%2C_1875.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7e/Albert_von_Keller_-_Bildnis_der_M%C3%BCnchener_Hofschauspielerin_Mimi_Cramer%2C_1875.jpg 2x" data-file-width="402" data-file-height="480" /></a><figcaption>Portrait of Mimi Cramer by <a href="/wiki/Albert_von_Keller" title="Albert von Keller">Albert von Keller</a>, 1875. The sitter wears a blue silk polonaise basque over a white underskirt.</figcaption></figure> <p>The term <i>polonaise</i> was applied to a variety of garments throughout the 19th century, often because their styling was thought to be Polish in inspiration. One such example was the <a href="/wiki/Witzchoura" title="Witzchoura">witzchoura</a>, a fur-lined cloak with sleeves sometimes described as being <i>à la Polonaise</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In May 1868 the <i>Ladies' Monthly Magazine</i> published a coloured <a href="/wiki/Fashion_plate" title="Fashion plate">fashion plate</a> showing a green silk dress with an asymmetrically opening front described as being made <i>à la Polonaise</i>, along with a <a href="/wiki/Pattern_(sewing)" title="Pattern (sewing)">pattern</a> for making it up.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During the very late 1860s references to historical dress became fashionable, including draped overskirts loosely based on the 18th century <i>robe à la polonaise</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1871 <i><a href="/wiki/Peterson%27s_Magazine" title="Peterson's Magazine">Peterson's Magazine</a></i> stated that the polonaise was an overdress based on the 18th century <a href="/wiki/Sack-back_gown" title="Sack-back gown">sacque</a>, with the bodice cut in one with the gathered-up skirt.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>Peterson's Magazine</i> also described a 'Polonaise <a href="/wiki/Basque_(clothing)" title="Basque (clothing)">basque</a>' as being gathered fully on the hips and forming a deep tunic in the back.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i><a href="/wiki/Godey%27s_Lady%27s_Book" title="Godey's Lady's Book">Godey's Magazine</a></i> for August 1871 identifies the term <i>polonaise</i> with two separate garments, a bodice and an overskirt: </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>Handsome suits of fine foulard, pongee, and silk serge, are simply trimmed with plain bias bands, closely fitting sleeves, and basque waist, or Polonaise; over this a linen Polonaise is worn as a protection, closely buttoned, and trimmed simply with side plaitings, and a Gabrielle front, with three or four deep box-plaits at the back. This style of linen Polonaise can be looped up and worn over a corresponding linen skirt also. [...] Overskirts to the dress, or the Polonaise skirt, must be very long and only looped up at the sides. </p><p>[...] </p><p> Cretonne costumes are the novelty of the season: they were introduced last year at French watering places, and a few have been imported here this season. They are intended for country wear only, and are made of the chintz figured cretonnes used for upholstering furniture; the grounds are black, brown, green, blue, buff, with large brilliant colored flowers and figures. They are made with a ruffled skirt and Polonaise, caught up by large bows of black velvet. These costumes certainly carry us back to the days of our grandmothers, and will, we fear, meet with but little favor for a season; but if fashion decrees, there will always be some to follow her mandate.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Polonaise_1883.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/3/3e/Polonaise_1883.jpg/125px-Polonaise_1883.jpg" decoding="async" width="125" height="224" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/3/3e/Polonaise_1883.jpg/188px-Polonaise_1883.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/3/3e/Polonaise_1883.jpg/250px-Polonaise_1883.jpg 2x" data-file-width="480" data-file-height="859" /></a><figcaption>'Misses' Polonaise Costume,' September 1883.</figcaption></figure> <p>The second paragraph quoted describes a specific style of dressing <i>à la polonaise</i> which was popularly known as "<a href="/wiki/Dolly_Varden_(costume)" title="Dolly Varden (costume)">Dolly Varden</a>" after the heroine of <a href="/wiki/Charles_Dickens" title="Charles Dickens">Dickens'</a> historical novel <i><a href="/wiki/Barnaby_Rudge:_A_Tale_of_the_Riots_of_%27Eighty" class="mw-redirect" title="Barnaby Rudge: A Tale of the Riots of 'Eighty">Barnaby Rudge</a></i> (set in 1780).<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>By the end of the 1870s and into the 1880s, the term 'polonaise' also described an overdress which resembled a long coat worn over an underskirt, sometimes with a waistcoat effect.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This could be draped or undraped. In July 1894, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Sydney_Mail" title="The Sydney Mail">The Sydney Mail</a></i> stated: </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1244412712"><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>Polonaises are also returned to favour, not only as seen in the long straight pelisse, which, fur-trimmed, is the most fashionable of garments, but with the skirt portion drawn up at the hips; this produces the wavy folds as in the draperies of 20 years ago.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="20th_century">20th century</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Polonaise_(clothing)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: 20th century"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Redingote-polonaise-1914.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/Redingote-polonaise-1914.png/250px-Redingote-polonaise-1914.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="308" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/Redingote-polonaise-1914.png/375px-Redingote-polonaise-1914.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/Redingote-polonaise-1914.png/500px-Redingote-polonaise-1914.png 2x" data-file-width="550" data-file-height="677" /></a><figcaption>1914 McCall advertisement featuring a redingote polonaise (left)</figcaption></figure> <p>The polonaise underwent another revival in the mid-late 1910s. A 1914 newspaper advert for <a href="/wiki/McCall%27s" title="McCall's">McCall Patterns</a> found in the <i><a href="/wiki/Evening_Independent" title="Evening Independent">Evening Independent</a></i> announced the 'redingote polonaise' to be the height of fashion in Paris and New York.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <i><a href="/wiki/Reading_Eagle" title="Reading Eagle">Reading Eagle</a></i> ran a fashion column in November 1915 describing the polonaise of 1914/15 as a French design consisting of a long coat-like overdress of metallic lace or elaborately decorated sheer fabric worn over a plain underdress.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Another version of the polonaise was described by the <i>Meriden Daily Journal</i> in September 1917: </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1244412712"><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>Possibly the struggles through which Poland is going, unfortunate Poland with her great genius and her greater misery, have tempted the French to reflect her present disaster in a costume. In the adaptation of the polonaise to modern requirements the floating panels at the side are featured as the main thing. Each designer has tried them out in an individual manner. Usually they are lined with a contrasting colour and fabric. Old gold and Chinese blue alternate with pearl and slate grey as chosen linings. When the polonaise is of dark red velvet or black the lining is of cream or dead white. If we wear it next winter as Paris is showing it at the present moment it will further the evident inclination of the designers and the public to strengthen the fashionable position of the present skirt.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <p>After the <a href="/wiki/First_World_War" class="mw-redirect" title="First World War">First World War</a> the term fell out of regular use, although was occasionally used by fashion writers as a descriptive term in the 1930s-50s for any form of draping around the upper skirt. For example, the <i><a href="/wiki/Ottawa_Citizen" title="Ottawa Citizen">Ottawa Citizen</a></i> in 1942 stated: </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1244412712"><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>Black Lyons velvet is seen for dinner gowns, some appliqued with heavy Venice lace which often is draped to form a polonaise line in a slim apron effect at the front of the skirt. Actual polonaise drapery softens the skirts of brocaded black silk dinner dresses, an old fashioned quality enhanced by the addition of high feathered dinner hats.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Gallery">Gallery</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Polonaise_(clothing)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Gallery"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Jean-Baptiste_Pillement_Les_Jardins_de_Benfica_1785_detail.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Polonaise, detail of Jean-Baptiste Pillement's Les Jardins de Benfica, 1785."><img alt="Polonaise, detail of Jean-Baptiste Pillement's Les Jardins de Benfica, 1785." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Jean-Baptiste_Pillement_Les_Jardins_de_Benfica_1785_detail.jpg/106px-Jean-Baptiste_Pillement_Les_Jardins_de_Benfica_1785_detail.jpg" decoding="async" width="106" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Jean-Baptiste_Pillement_Les_Jardins_de_Benfica_1785_detail.jpg/159px-Jean-Baptiste_Pillement_Les_Jardins_de_Benfica_1785_detail.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Jean-Baptiste_Pillement_Les_Jardins_de_Benfica_1785_detail.jpg/212px-Jean-Baptiste_Pillement_Les_Jardins_de_Benfica_1785_detail.jpg 2x" data-file-width="231" data-file-height="262" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><i>Polonaise</i>, detail of Jean-Baptiste Pillement's <i>Les Jardins de Benfica</i>, 1785.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Polonaise_gdm.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Jeune Dame ... vêtue en Polonoise, French, Gallerie des Modes, 1779. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 44.1400."><img alt="Jeune Dame ... vêtue en Polonoise, French, Gallerie des Modes, 1779. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 44.1400." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Polonaise_gdm.jpg/80px-Polonaise_gdm.jpg" decoding="async" width="80" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Polonaise_gdm.jpg/120px-Polonaise_gdm.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Polonaise_gdm.jpg/160px-Polonaise_gdm.jpg 2x" data-file-width="960" data-file-height="1441" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><i>Jeune Dame ... vêtue en Polonoise</i>, French, <i>Gallerie des Modes</i>, 1779. <a href="/wiki/Museum_of_Fine_Arts,_Boston" title="Museum of Fine Arts, Boston">Museum of Fine Arts, Boston</a>, 44.1400.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Fashions_for_May_1868,_Plate_1,.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="The Ladies' Monthly Magazine, May 1868. Green silk dress made à la Polonaise by Madame Prost, Boulevard des Italiens, Paris, shown with two other dresses."><img alt="The Ladies' Monthly Magazine, May 1868. Green silk dress made à la Polonaise by Madame Prost, Boulevard des Italiens, Paris, shown with two other dresses." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Fashions_for_May_1868%2C_Plate_1%2C.jpg/85px-Fashions_for_May_1868%2C_Plate_1%2C.jpg" decoding="async" width="85" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Fashions_for_May_1868%2C_Plate_1%2C.jpg/128px-Fashions_for_May_1868%2C_Plate_1%2C.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Fashions_for_May_1868%2C_Plate_1%2C.jpg/171px-Fashions_for_May_1868%2C_Plate_1%2C.jpg 2x" data-file-width="548" data-file-height="768" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><i>The Ladies' Monthly Magazine</i>, May 1868. Green silk dress made <i>à la Polonaise</i> by Madame Prost, Boulevard des Italiens, Paris, shown with two other dresses.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Dolly_Varden_Quadrille_music_sheet_cover.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Music sheet cover showing Dolly Varden outfits, 1872."><img alt="Music sheet cover showing Dolly Varden outfits, 1872." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Dolly_Varden_Quadrille_music_sheet_cover.jpg/90px-Dolly_Varden_Quadrille_music_sheet_cover.jpg" decoding="async" width="90" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Dolly_Varden_Quadrille_music_sheet_cover.jpg/135px-Dolly_Varden_Quadrille_music_sheet_cover.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Dolly_Varden_Quadrille_music_sheet_cover.jpg/180px-Dolly_Varden_Quadrille_music_sheet_cover.jpg 2x" data-file-width="609" data-file-height="810" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Music sheet cover showing Dolly Varden outfits, 1872.</div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Polonaise_(clothing)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output 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.id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation encyclopaedia cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/468174/polonaise">"Polonaise (dress)"</a>. <i>www.britannica.com</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2008-09-26</span></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Polonaise+%28dress%29&rft.btitle=www.britannica.com&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.britannica.com%2FEBchecked%2Ftopic%2F468174%2Fpolonaise&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3APolonaise+%28clothing%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Ribeiro (1995), p. 195</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Described as a <i>polonaise</i>. Takeda and Spilker (2010), p. 79</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-RibeiroArt66-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-RibeiroArt66_4-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Ribeiro (1995), p. 66</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFPendergast2004" class="citation book cs1">Pendergast, Sara, Tom (2004). <span class="id-lock-registration" title="Free registration required"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/fashioncostumecu0000pend"><i>Fashion, Costume, and Culture: Clothing, Headwear, Body Decorations and Footwear through the Ages</i></a></span>. Michigan, US: Thomson Gale. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-7876-5420-5" title="Special:BookSources/0-7876-5420-5"><bdi>0-7876-5420-5</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Fashion%2C+Costume%2C+and+Culture%3A+Clothing%2C+Headwear%2C+Body+Decorations+and+Footwear+through+the+Ages&rft.place=Michigan%2C+US&rft.pub=Thomson+Gale&rft.date=2004&rft.isbn=0-7876-5420-5&rft.aulast=Pendergast&rft.aufirst=Sara%2C+Tom&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Ffashioncostumecu0000pend&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3APolonaise+%28clothing%29" class="Z3988"></span><span class="cs1-maint citation-comment"><code class="cs1-code">{{<a href="/wiki/Template:Cite_book" title="Template:Cite book">cite book</a>}}</code>: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (<a href="/wiki/Category:CS1_maint:_multiple_names:_authors_list" title="Category:CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list">link</a>)</span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-RibeiroDress226-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-RibeiroDress226_6-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-RibeiroDress226_6-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-RibeiroDress226_6-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Ribeiro (2002), p. 226</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFArnold1972" class="citation book cs1">Arnold, Janet (1972). <i>Patterns of Fashion I</i>. Hollywood: Quite Specific Media. p. 37. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-89676-026-4" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-89676-026-4"><bdi>978-0-89676-026-4</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Patterns+of+Fashion+I&rft.place=Hollywood&rft.pages=37&rft.pub=Quite+Specific+Media&rft.date=1972&rft.isbn=978-0-89676-026-4&rft.aulast=Arnold&rft.aufirst=Janet&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3APolonaise+%28clothing%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Waugh (1968), pp. 72-73</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Ribeiro (1998), p. 28.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-10">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation book cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=rsERAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA30">"Cabinet of Taste: Costume of Paris"</a>. <i>La Belle Assemblée: Or, Court and Fashionable Magazine; Containing Interesting and Original Literature, and Records of the Beau-monde</i>. J. Bell. January 1827. <q>A woman of fashion well wrapped up in a Witzchoura pelisse, with sleeves à la Polonaise, ought to wear black velvet boots...</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Cabinet+of+Taste%3A+Costume+of+Paris&rft.btitle=La+Belle+Assembl%C3%A9e%3A+Or%2C+Court+and+Fashionable+Magazine%3B+Containing+Interesting+and+Original+Literature%2C+and+Records+of+the+Beau-monde&rft.pub=J.+Bell&rft.date=1827-01&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DrsERAAAAYAAJ%26pg%3DPA30&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3APolonaise+%28clothing%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-11">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">""The great novelty of the season is the <i>Polonaise</i> dress, with the fronts opening in a slanting direction as shown by the 1st figure of plate 1, and of which we now give the full-sized pattern: this <i>Polonaise</i> style seems likely to be in great favor, and our present pattern will be found to remove all difficulties as to the manner of cutting this elegant dress." <i>The Ladies' monthly magazine</i>, May 1868, page 1.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-12">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O115849/dress/?print=1">Green silk dress, 1868</a>, in the Victoria & Albert Museum collection. Accessed 13/2/2012</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-13">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">"The old-fashioned tight-fitting sacque, which was so popular in Marie Antoinette's time, and which is now called a <i>Polonaise</i>, <i>Gabrielle</i>, etc, is exceedingly popular for an over-dress. The body and skirt is cut in one, and the latter is a good deal puffed up over a coloured petticoat." <i>Peterson's Magazine</i>, November 1871, page 378</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-14">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">"FIG 1: WALKING DRESS OF PONGEE - The skirt has three scant ruffles with a plaiting of the same material above them, the basque is of a Polonaise shape, gathered in full on the hips, forming a deep tunic at the back. Two ruffles trim the tunic and buttons fasten it down the front." <i>Peterson's Magazine</i>, July 1871, page 80</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-15">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Godey's Magazine,</i>, August 1871, page 196</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-16">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFThe_Ladies'_Treasury2005" class="citation web cs1">The Ladies' Treasury (2005). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.tudorlinks.com/treasury/articles/view187080.html">"Fashion in the 1870s and '80s"</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2010-02-06</span></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Fashion+in+the+1870s+and+%2780s&rft.date=2005&rft.au=The+Ladies%27+Treasury&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tudorlinks.com%2Ftreasury%2Farticles%2Fview187080.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3APolonaise+%28clothing%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-17">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://collection.shelburnemuseum.org/costumes/2011/08/womans-dress-13/">Velvet and silk skirt and polonaise, 1885</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130225010957/http://collection.shelburnemuseum.org/costumes/2011/08/womans-dress-13/">Archived</a> 2013-02-25 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a> by Emile Pingat (1820–1901), Paris. Collection of Shelburne Museum. 2010-75</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-18">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>The Sydney Mail</i>, Jul 14, 1894</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-19"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-19">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>The Evening Independent</i> - Nov 12, 1914, page 3</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-20"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-20">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Reading Eagle - Nov 18, 1915, page 11.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-21"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-21">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">The Meriden Daily Journal - Sep 12, 1917</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-22"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-22">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Ottawa Citizen, Sep 30, 1942, page 10</span> </li> </ol></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Polonaise_(clothing)&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Janet_Arnold" title="Janet Arnold">Arnold, Janet</a>: <i>Patterns of Fashion 2: Englishwomen's Dresses and Their Construction c. 1860–1940</i>, Wace 1966, Macmillan 1972. Revised metric edition, Drama Books 1977. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-89676-027-8" title="Special:BookSources/0-89676-027-8">0-89676-027-8</a></li> <li>Ashelford, Jane: <i>The Art of Dress: Clothing and Society 1500–1914</i>, Abrams, 1996. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-8109-6317-5" title="Special:BookSources/0-8109-6317-5">0-8109-6317-5</a></li> <li>de Marly, Diana: <i>Working Dress: A History of Occupational Clothing</i>, Batsford (UK), 1986; Holmes & Meier (US), 1987. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-8419-1111-8" title="Special:BookSources/0-8419-1111-8">0-8419-1111-8</a></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFRibeiro1988" class="citation book cs1">Ribeiro, Aileen (1988). <i>Fashion in the French Revolution</i>. London: Batsford.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Fashion+in+the+French+Revolution&rft.place=London&rft.pub=Batsford&rft.date=1988&rft.aulast=Ribeiro&rft.aufirst=Aileen&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3APolonaise+%28clothing%29" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFRibeiro1995" class="citation book cs1">Ribeiro, Aileen (1995). <i>Art of Dress: Fashion in England and France 1750–1820</i>. Yale University Press. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-300-06287-7" title="Special:BookSources/0-300-06287-7"><bdi>0-300-06287-7</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Art+of+Dress%3A+Fashion+in+England+and+France+1750%E2%80%931820&rft.pub=Yale+University+Press&rft.date=1995&rft.isbn=0-300-06287-7&rft.aulast=Ribeiro&rft.aufirst=Aileen&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3APolonaise+%28clothing%29" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFRibeiro2002" class="citation book cs1">Ribeiro, Aileen (2002). <i><span></span>'Dress in Eighteenth Century Europe 1715–1789</i>. Yale University Press. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-300-09151-6" title="Special:BookSources/0-300-09151-6"><bdi>0-300-09151-6</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=%27Dress+in+Eighteenth+Century+Europe+1715%E2%80%931789&rft.pub=Yale+University+Press&rft.date=2002&rft.isbn=0-300-09151-6&rft.aulast=Ribeiro&rft.aufirst=Aileen&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3APolonaise+%28clothing%29" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFTakedaSpilker2010" class="citation book cs1">Takeda, Sharon Sadako; Spilker, Kaye Durland (2010). <i>Fashioning Fashion: European Dress in Detail, 1700 - 1915</i>. Prestel USA. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-3-7913-5062-2" title="Special:BookSources/978-3-7913-5062-2"><bdi>978-3-7913-5062-2</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Fashioning+Fashion%3A+European+Dress+in+Detail%2C+1700+-+1915&rft.pub=Prestel+USA&rft.date=2010&rft.isbn=978-3-7913-5062-2&rft.aulast=Takeda&rft.aufirst=Sharon+Sadako&rft.au=Spilker%2C+Kaye+Durland&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3APolonaise+%28clothing%29" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li>Tozer, Jane and Sarah Levitt, <i>Fabric of Society: A Century of People and their Clothes 1770–1870, </i>Laura Ashley Press, <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-9508913-0-4" title="Special:BookSources/0-9508913-0-4">0-9508913-0-4</a></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFWaugh1968" class="citation book cs1">Waugh, Norah (1968). <i>The Cut of Women's Clothes</i>. London: Routledge. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-87830-026-0" title="Special:BookSources/0-87830-026-0"><bdi>0-87830-026-0</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Cut+of+Women%27s+Clothes&rft.place=London&rft.pub=Routledge&rft.date=1968&rft.isbn=0-87830-026-0&rft.aulast=Waugh&rft.aufirst=Norah&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3APolonaise+%28clothing%29" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Polonaise_(clothing)&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" 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clothing</a></div></th></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="3"><div>Clothing generally not worn today, except in historical settings</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Body-length</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Abolla" title="Abolla">Abolla</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Banyan_(clothing)" title="Banyan (clothing)">Banyan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brunswick_(clothing)" title="Brunswick (clothing)">Brunswick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Court_uniform_and_dress_in_the_Empire_of_Japan" title="Court uniform and dress in the Empire of Japan">Court dress (Empire of Japan)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chiton_(costume)" class="mw-redirect" title="Chiton (costume)">Chiton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frock" title="Frock">Frock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frock_coat" title="Frock coat">Frock coat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hanfu" 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