In late-18th-century Paris, fashion moved so fast that it required its own dedicated press. The Gallerie des modes et costumes français, published between 1778 and 1787, was the answer. Its more than 400 hand-colored engravings documented, from life, the elaborate poufs, ribbons, headwear, and layered ensembles that flourished under Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette. The largest and most influential series of its kind, it spawned competitors and counterfeits across Europe, and anticipated the arrival of true fashion magazines. No complete set survives today—many were discarded when the fashions changed, and others were presumably lost during the Revolution, destroyed for their association with aristocratic excess. The Frick Art Research Library holds an impressive 370 of the original prints, and for the first time a selection (24 in all) goes on view. —Elena Clavarino