Look up casaquin in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A casaquin is a short-length closely fitted coat worn by middle- and upper-class women during the...

sleeves, which were worn with separate frills called engageantes. The casaquin (popularly known from the 1740s onwards as a pet-en-l'air) was an abbreviated...

initially associated with the working class; it is similar to a Bedgown Casaquin, an eighteenth-century coat that fastened down the middle and reached the...

had a gold stomacher. Other styles seen in the 19th century include: the casaquin bodice, the coat-bodice inspired by men's frock coats, the long cuirasse...

it appeared, and a variety of overskirts have appeared through history: Casaquin—Popularly known from the 1740s onwards as a pet-en-l'air, this was a short...