Regency Fashions - Part 1

As you can image because I make period costume I have a fascination with the actual magazine detail of what was worn by the fashionable ladies of Britain.  Rarely are images available but the descriptions are detailed enough for anyone to produce a working version today.

This is the first of a series of these descriptions (I have to thank British Periodicals and The Open University for making these and so much more available).

 

 

December Fashions 1809

(from Ackernmann's Repository of Arts etc)

 

Fashions for Ladies

 

 

A Tyrolese Walking Dress

 

A fine cambric or jaconet muslin round robe with long plaited sleeves and worked antique front;  bordered at the feet with needle work or appliqued lace.  Elastic belt, confined behind with a bow and ends of ribbons.  A plain shirt, with high collar, sitting close to the throat, and trimmed at the extreme edge with plaiting of French net.  A rosary and cross of blended gold and amber.  A Tyrelese coat of shaded green, or drake's-neck velvet, lined throughout with amber sarsnet, and trimmed with gold or Chinese floss binding.  The Amazonian helmet, composed of the same materials, ornamented with a patriotic band and bow, towards one side, a curled ostrich feather tipped in gold, on the other.  Slippers of amber velvet, with black bindings and rosettes.  Gloves of York tan.

 

 

Evening Dress

 

A white satin round robe with demi-traine.  A short sleeve of interjoined lace and gold beading.  A military front, composed of gold cord and frogs.  A palerine of white satin with full collar, and border of swansdown, and a rich cord and tassel of gold.  A Grecian coif, of white satin, with appliqued border of lace and band of crescent of pearls.  A longsleeve of French lace, or a long glove of French kid, with bracelets and necklace of pearls.  Crimson slippers, with gold imperial trimming.  Ivory fan, with mount of crimson crape, ornamented with a border of gold jessamine.