A close-bodied gown, English nightgown, or robe à l'anglaise was a women's fashion of the 18th century. Like the earlier mantua, from which it evolved, the back of the gown featured pleats from the shoulder, stitched down to mould the gown closely to the body until the fullness was released into the skirt. Through the 1770s, the back pleats became narrower and closer to the center back, and by the 1780s these pleats had mostly disappeared and the skirt and bodice were cut separately. The gown was open in front, to reveal a matching or contrasting petticoat, and featured elbow-length sleeves, which were finished with separate frills called engageantes.

Robe a l'anglaise (closed gown) with matching petticoat, French, 1784-87, Cotton, metal, and silk. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1991.204a, b

Side view of the robe a l'anglaise at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Robe a l'Anglaise, 1785

Amy Elizabeth Freeze (born June 19, 1974) is the weekend meteorologist at WABC-TV in New York. Raised the eldest of the five daughters of Bill and Linda Freeze in Jeffersonville, Indiana, she was the chief meteorologist for Fox owned-and-operated station WFLD in Chicago from 2007–11.

Freeze has certificate number 111 from the American Meteorological Society as a Certified Broadcast Meteorologist—she was one of the first 20 women in the world to receive this certification. In addition, Freeze has her National Weather Association and American Meteorological Society Seals of Approval. She is a three-time National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Emmy Award winner.^{[citation needed]}

Before joining WFLD, Amy Freeze worked for NBC's WCAU in Philadelphia for four years. During that time she went to the plaza in New York City to fill in for the "Weekend Today Show". She also worked in Denver at both KWGN and KMGH. She began her broadcasting career in Portland, Oregon at KPTV. Freeze had a cameo appearance in the "Scrubs" episode My Life in Four Cameras. She uses viewers' digital photos capturing the weather, including them in her forecasts as "Freeze Frame." Amy created "The Freeze Factor" – a special segment where she rates the next days weather on a scale of 1 to 10.

Cassandra Bankson (born 1992) is an American Model, Online Media Personality and Youtube Celebrity from San Francisco, California. She has been featured internationally since 2009 when her Modeling and Youtube Careers took off, appearing on Good Morning AmericaThe Today Show and The Anderson Cooper Show, along with dozens of international News, Morning, Daytime, Evening, and Talk Shows. She has been featured in numerous magazines, including Good HousekeepingSeventeen Magazine, and Reveal Magazine in addition to gracing the front page of the World's Largest Online Newspaper, Daily Mail UK for her Modeling & Youtube work under the name Diamondsandheels14

Cassandra Bankson was born in 1992 to Mr Bankson and Jennifer Bankson who raised raised her in the San Francisco Bay Area, California. She grew up in the suburbs playing piano and taking part in singing and other talent competitions. In the 3d grade, she got her first pimple , and as she got older she developed severe acne that engulfed 85%-90% of her face. She was severely bullied by peers because of her extreme cystic acne. She became recluse and left from her from High School in favor of a Private School where she worked with teachers directly so they couldn't bully and tease her about her skin condition. (She was even teased later in her career by members of The Dirty.com, as seen on her Appearance on the Anderson Cooper Show.) She distanced herself from her friends and concentrated solely on school work, enabling her to graduate 2 years ahead of her class (with grades that eventually enabled her to study at Stanford University). During the time she was in Private School and studying, she researched makeup videos to find a solution for her skin. None of the videos online gave her what her skin needed, so she made trips to the makeup store and played with cosmetics for months until she found what worked.

Linda Church (born ca. 1961) has been the morning weather anchor for the WPIX (New York) CW11, formerly WB11, Morning News since its debut in June 2000. She also leads the Wakeup Workout segment that airs on Monday mornings.

Church was the WPIX weekend weather anchor from 1990 to 1996. From 1987 to 1990 Church worked for WNBC (New York). Church was the noon weather anchor at WCBS (New York). Church also co-hosted the show "Summer Fun for Kids" with former WPIX colleague Mat Garcia in June 2003 and with Craig Treadway in July 2007.

Church began her career in Gainesville, Florida, and went on to work for stations in Cleveland, New Haven, and Charleston.

Church attended the University of Florida as an undergraduate and the University of New Haven for graduate studies. She has a seal from the American Meteorological Society.^{[citation needed]}