Description from Rothstein, Natalie, ed. Four Hundred Years of Fashion. London: Victoria and Albert Museum, 1984. "This morning coat of shot silk is a most interesting example of the exaggerated styles of the late 1790s, and with its broad revers and very high collar was possibly influenced by the fashion referred to as `Incroyable'" (61). Rothstein describes the Incroyable look as: "... a fashion much affected by the young ... [it] required a rather unkempt and raffish appearance. The coats had very high collars, wide revers and tight sleeves. They were more like great coats in style, being cut straight to meet down the gront, and reaching the knees. The coat ...[in this photo] is cut away in the front in the style of a morning coat but has the exaggerated high collar and wide revers. Unfortunately, it is very faded and although the silk appears to be olive green, inspection of the seams showed that it used to be a shot blue and pink silk" (58).