A Tour of Regency Fashion: Day and Evening Dress
WEBJan 4, 2001 · Evening Dress. Early Regency evening dress retained some eighteenth century richness, with colored silks and metallic trims, but the style was Classical, with high waists, narrow silhouettes and close-fitting, longer sleeves. A train was de riguer, as it was for day dress. On the whole, evening fashion tended to resemble day dress styles.
Regency Era Evening Dress - Vintage Victorian
WEBNov 30, 2014 · Evening Dresses. WAISTLINE: The prevalent silhouette is most notable for its very high waistline, which only changed slightly throughout the period, ranged from a couple of inches below the bust, to just below the bust, or even, especially if one was large busted, slightly on the bust itself.
Regency Fashion: The Muslin and Net Period - Jane Austen's …
WEBMar 15, 2012 · No. 1.—Evening Dress. Round dress of embossed gauze over white satin, with coriage of peach-coloured satin, elegantly ornamented with rouleau medallions and palm leaves of white satin. Mary Queen of Scots hat, ornamented with pearls, and surmounted by a full plume of white feathers.
Regency Fashion History 1800-1825 | Beautiful Pictures Empire Line Dresses
WEBFeb 24, 2009 · Using fashion plate imagery, the page follows the changes in the female fashion silhouette from the late 1790s to 1825. The bulk of this epoch covers the era of fashionable Regency Dress, an era beloved by Jane Austen and costume re …
A Primer on Regency Era Women's Fashion - Kristen Koster
WEBNov 1, 2011 · “Full Dress” was the most formal kind of Regency clothing. Full dress was worn for the most formal occasions — evening concerts and card parties, soirees, balls, and court occasions. Similarly, “Evening dress” indicated outfits suitable only at evening events, a specific subset of “full dress”.
Regency evening wear - a tale in ten dresses
WEBFeb 11, 2013 · The Regency period lasted from 1811 to 1820. These ten Regency evening dresses show how fashions changed during those nine years and how by the end of the Regency, the flowing Grecian styles were gone and frills and flounces had become popular. Details of the ten Regency evening dresses
The 1820s in Fashionable Gowns: A Visual Guide to the Decade
WEBNov 23, 2015 · According to an 1820 edition of La Belle Assemblée, popular sleeves for evening dresses at the beginning of the year were “short and full.” Meanwhile, flounces or borders of lace, ribbons, and flowers were all the rage.
Regency Evening Dresses - JJ's House
WEBOur Regency Evening Dresses are a celebration of historical charm and captivating allure. Meticulously crafted to capture the regal aesthetics of the Regency period, each dress exudes an air of sophistication that transcends ordinary glamour.
Regency Fashion: How a lady accommodated her head feathers at …
WEBDec 5, 2010 · Looking at the images in this post, one can only imagine how difficult it was for a woman in full evening dress (or court dress) to move around. Between taking care of her shawl, reticule, dance card, and fan, she had to walk upright and sedately so that her head feathers did not topple over after an abrupt movement or caught fire under ...
From Classic to Romantic: Changes in the Silhouette of the Regency …
WEBJun 18, 2008 · The popularity of the high-waisted regency gown is due to both to French influence in fashion and the Neoclassical rage that swept Europe during the 18th Century. Marie Antoinette is said to have inspired the round gown of the 1790's, which is essentially a dress and robe joined together and tied in the front (view….
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