Editing French Directory (section)

=== ''Muscadins'', ''Incroyables'' and ''Merveilleuses'' ===
[[File:Muscadins.jpg|thumb|''Les deux incroyables'': [[Muscadins]] or [[Incroyables]] wore extravagant costumes in reaction against the recent [[Reign of Terror]], by [[Carle Vernet]], c. 1797]]
Born in reaction against the strict codes of behavior established during the [[National Convention|Convention]] and the [[Reign of Terror]], the ''[[Muscadins]]'' were fashionable young men who carried canes and sometimes, in groups, attacked [[sans-culottes]]. Following soon afterwards, the Directory had its own fashion reflecting the new social behavior and carried out by young Parisians of both sexes, from middle and upper-class families, often survivors of the excesses of the Revolution, who had lost parents and family members to the guillotine. They were called ''[[Incroyables and Merveilleuses]]'' and dressed in extravagant costumes. The men, the ''Incroyables'', wore long hair to their shoulders, round hats with broad brims, short coats and silk culottes. Their female counterparts, the ''Merveilleuses'', wore flowing, high-breasted transparent dresses reminiscent of the Greco-Roman era. They frequented balls called ''[[Bals des victimes]]'' and spoke in their own particular accent and vocabulary, avoiding to pronounce the letter "R", as it was the first letter of the word "Revolution".{{sfn|Tulard|Fayard|Fierro|1998|p=884}}