''Le Follet'' was a

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ian fashion magazine, published weekly from November 1829 to 1892. It was at one point merged with ''Le Courrier de la Mode''. It was richly illustrated with

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s. Le Follet belonged to the numerous fashion magazines which from the 1820s onward replaced the previous dominance of ''

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''. It was a part of the great industry of French fashion magazines which competed which each other during the 19th-century, many of which became popular not only in France but also internationally. Le Follet belonged to the most successful of these magazines, and alongside its rival '' La Mode illustrée'' (1860-1937), Le Follet was particularly internationally successful, with many foreign subscribers in Great Britain and the United States. Le Follet was one of the oldest, most longlasting and most internationally famous

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magazines, which makes it a valuable source of information for researching the history of fashion.

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''Le Follet'' - Google Books
1829 establishments in France 1892 disestablishments in France Defunct magazines published in Paris Defunct women's fashion magazines published in France Weekly magazines published in France Defunct French-language magazines Magazines established in 1829 Magazines disestablished in 1892 19th-century fashion {{fashion-mag-stub