''Journal des dames et des modes'', was a French

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, published between 1797 and 1839..Kate Nelson Best,
The History of Fashion Journalism
' Until the 1820s, the magazine had almost international monopoly as a channel of French fashion worldwide.

History

It was the second oldest fashion magazine published in France, replacing its predecessor the ''

Cabinet des Modes ''Cabinet des Modes'', with the title La Magasin des Modes Nouvelles Francaises et Anglaises (or Magasin des modes for short) in 1786–1789, and Le Journal de la Modet et du Gout in 1790–1793, was a French fashion magazine, published between 1 ...

'' (1785-1793) after the fall of

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. During most of its existence, it had near monopoly in the fashion world as the channel of French fashion in France as well as internationally, particularly during the Napoleonic age. It was edited by Pierre de la Mesangere, who was its main journalist most of its existence. It was issued every five days, with eight pages of text and one or two colored copperplates (

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s). It also contained descripction of society life, poetry, theatre reviews and fiction. The magazine was generously treated by

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as he viewed fashion as an important French industry, and preferred it as the organ of French fashion before the previous

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s, which he banned because of his fear that they could be used to conceal secret messages. It was relatively inexpensive and affordable, and popular in almost all the Western world: from Paris to Boston, Britain, Holland, Italy, Belgium, Germany and Russia. Despite the impopularity of France during the Napoleonic wars, French fashion was still popular and ensured the fashion magazine's international success. There were however many national fashion magazines produced with Journal des dames et des modes as its model. From the 1820s, the dominance of the magazine was broken with an increasing number of rivals when the French fashion magazine industry exploded with a number of rivaling magazines, such as the ''Petit courrier des dames'' (1821-1868), '' Le Follet'' (1829-1892), ''La Mode'' (1829-1854) and ''Le Journal des demoiselles'' (1833-1922), and ''Journal des dames et des modes'' finally discontinued in 1839.

Later magazine

Another magazine with the same name, ''Journal des dames et des modes'', was published in 1912–14.

Gallery

File:Fashion Plate (Les Modes Parisiennes) LACMA M.83.161.83.jpg, Journal des dames et des modes, 1803. File:Costume Parisien No.608 1804 01.jpg, Costume Parisien No.608 1804. File:Schutenhut 1819.jpg, Schutenhut 1819 File:Journal des Dames et des Modes 1822, Costume Parisien (2054), BI-1938-0115A-11.jpg, Journal des Dames et des Modes 1822. File:Journal des Dames et des Modes mannenmode Journal des Dames et des Modes, Costume Parisien , 15 juillet 1807, (821) Costume tout-à-fait Négligé, RP-P-2009-2390.jpg, Journal des Dames et des Modes, 15 juillet 1807.

References

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