The Dream Pelisses! They live inside of my head.
The Dream Pelisses! They come to me in my bed. . .
The Dream Pelisses! (Pelisses! Pelisses!)
From Rudolph Ackermann’s Repository of Arts, Literature, Commerce, Manufactures, Fashion, and Politics, Vol. 8 (November 1812), after p. 300:
PLATE 33: PARISIAN OPERA DRESS
An evening or dinner robe, of white muslin; with short fancy sleeve, appliqued with lace, and trimmed with a fall of the same article around the bosom. A loose robe pelisse, of celestial blue satin or velvet, trimmed down each side and round the neck with a full swansdown fur, and negligently confined in the center of the bosom. An imperial helmet cap, composed of blue velvet, ornamented with a silver bandeau and beads; a full white ostrich feather waving towards one side.
Who wouldn’t love one of these for fall? (I’d never take it off.)
Historiann 
“Negligently confined in the center of the bosom.” That’s what I’m aiming for with all my necklines. Love it! And yes, I want one, too.
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The sleeves and train are negligently long, too–I kind of like the studied sloppiness!
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Those aren’t the lyrics. That’s a cheap trick.
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HAW!
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I do love the way it negligently reveals one breast. . . I’m sure I’d make a big hit on campus if I wore that to meetings!
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That’s about what I was thinking. Especially when doing inquiry-based learning in bring-your-own-device classrooms, I need necklines that will accommodate a good deal of leaning over to try to see what is on students’ screens without accidentally flashing anyone.
I’d also have even more trouble than I already do scrambling on and off the instructor’s stools, which are adjustable, but only for a range of heights that apparently begins 2-3″ above mine, if I wore a pelisse (and I’m short, but not all that short for a woman. The person who designs the classrooms, on the other hand, is female, but quite tall.)
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