At the end of the nineteenth century, the young garment makers, the “midinettes,” used to stroll in Parisian public gardens. Three statues have been erected in their image in gardens situated on the right bank of the Seine. The author analyzes the history of these statues and the gendered representations to which they are attached, then explains why they were fancied in relation to their founding myth. Nowadays, these statues, which personify a popular and feminine Paris, represent a heritage of a past history of gendered roles.