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Online magazine: Regency Fashion Women's Fashion

updatedCentre displays, period costuming and historical clothing

Please choose from one of the following articles:

Fashions from La Belle Assemblee: July & August 1810
Also, "A Description of Several Dresses Worn by Ladies of Rank and Fashion."

18th & 19th Century Whitework Embroidery
Gorgeous treatment for the plainest of fabrics...

Fashion for Kensington Gardens
An "Explaination of the Prints of Fashion: August 1807" from La Belle Assemblée

The Masked Ball
The History, the Costumes, the Drama!

Muffs and Tippets
Keeping snug in colder weather...

Fashionable Ballgowns
An array of popular styles from 1800-1824

Dresssing for the Opera
What fashionable ladies wore to the Theatre

Evening Gowns
A collection of period fashion plates with descriptions

Afternoon Dress
The appeal of the promenade dress...

Modesty and the Regency Miss
Was it really fashionable to be "expensively and nakedly dressed"?

Dressing for the Seaside
What to wear at a fashionable Regency Resort

Fashions for May
A variety of Fashion Plates taken from magazines of the day

Preparations for a Ball: Regency Style
An excerpt by author Linore Rose Burkard

Undress, Half Dress, Full Dress: Making Sense of It All
The Gowns in Elizabeth Bennet's Wardrobe....

Cloaks, Capes, Pelisses and Spencers:
Outerwear for Regency Ladies

Dressing for Mourning in the Regency
The rules and fashions of Regency mourning

Walking Dresses
Worn out to see and be seen in...

Court Gowns: Dressing the Part
Presentation at the Queen's Court, essential to a young lady's coming out, required it's own form of fashion.

Silk Stockings
Quality goods for Jane Austen

Nightgowns and Underthings
What the Regency Fashionable Slept In

Regency Shoes
The evolution of women's footwear

Colours of the Regency
Fashionable shades for Regency dress

Riding Habits throughout History
The Properly Attired Horsewoman

Maternity fashions in Regency England
The History of Maternity Wear

Corsets and Drawers: A Look at Regency Underwear
The Evolution of Lingerie

Clothing Warehouses of the Regency
High End Retail Shopping in its Infancy

Dressing Elizabeth Bennet|Regency Undergarments
A New Exhibit at the Jane Austen Centre

Spencers, Shawls, Pelisses and More
Regency Outerwear

A Tour of Regency Fashion: Day and Evening Dress
Regency Fiction Writer Ammanda McCabe examines high fashion during the early 19th century.

A Lady's Evening Ensemble
Evening gown at the Jane Austen Centre

The Importance Of Wearing White
Why does Jane Austen's Miss Tilney always wear white?