This plate and the description of fashions for January was shared in the January 1820 issue of Journal des Dames et des Modes. I have used Google translation to translate the text from French to English, so its likely not 100% accurate.
MODES For the pass hats the milliners do not deviate from the form which was adopted at the beginning of winter and it is as usual full black velvet or white or rosc satin sometimes pink crepe with ribbon trim of saline The brim of some hats adorned is below trimmed with a blonde Some milliners also garnish the edge of their turbans but it is a very plain and folded tulle which is used to form this border. half-crepe blue satin with embossed satin foliage Others had for garnish garlands made of rose leaves Among the dresses of embroidered tulle we noticed those whose foliage was in silver and the flowers in colored silk What we said about diamond ears placed on a mat of hair which forms the tone of the head can be applied to the flowers and thus the so-called coeffure known as detached flowers is formed On one of the boards of the number proc hain will find a coëffure of large finery adorned with pearls and feathers of the composition of M Albin
