There are several examples of jackets that have no pleats and the skirts flare out at the side and back seams to get some fullness. But I think of these as being earlier than the 1780s. Think of the quilted outfit in Janet Arnold. That jacket with a hood. It too has a compere like a stomacher that closes CF. The jacket is tacked onto it, and there is an updated drawing in the back of the book to show how it forms an "A" line , not the line shown in the initial illustration.
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