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REGENCY FASHIONS
A word of caution when looking at blog sites for information
*Regency fashion plates are our equivalent of Vogue Magazine – they are the height of and even the extremes of fashion. And like modern fashion trends, the rich could afford the new styles immediately while it could take months or a year before a simpler version could be created out of Mama’s old dress for those less affluent.
*Fashion in America and Continental Europe from 1790-1830 was very similar to English Regency wear with Empire waist lines, cashmere shawls and muslin gowns, but the fabric colors, trim and hair were sometimes quite different! If English Regency wear isn’t to your taste, research German, French or Dutch period paintings – the colors and trim are quite lovely!
1. Timeline of larger fashion trends 1790-1830
2. Regency fabrics & materials, and what you can buy today
3. Women’s Regency Wear, pictorial inspiration: illustrations, museum links
4. Regency dresses, how-to: tutorials, costuming blogs, fitting
5. Men’s Regency Wear
- An Introduction to Regency Gentlemen
- The Dandy
- A Gentleman’s Wardrobe
- Men’s Boots on a budget
- Fashion, Shoes, Neck wear, Officer’s wear and more
6. Unmentionables: corsets, petticoats, stockings, chemise
- Layers of Regency dress, a fashion show
- The Proper Fit and Silhouette of a Regency corset
- Lazy Wrap Around corset
- Stockings and Clocks
- Making your own stockings
FASHION LIBRARY
Regency Style
Fashion Plates: Historic Fashions- fashion plates from the 18th and early 19th centuries.
Hair: styling, wigs, hair pieces
Accessories: Jewelry, reticules, parasol, gloves, aprons
Hats & Bonnets: Bonnets, Turbans
- Historical examples & Modern recreations (you may be asked to create a free account)
- Regency Lady’s Turban
- Making a straw bonnet from a modern straw hat
Shoes:
- American Duchess
- How to Paint and Decorate American Duchess shoes
- The Half Boot
- Painting & Embellishing modern shoes
- Sewing your own walking/dancing slippers
- General Fashion plate review of typical accessories
Books on Fashion:
- The Workwoman’s Guide (A guide to 19th Century Decorative Arts, Fashion and Practical Crafts by A Lady)
- 18th Century Dressmaking (How to Hand Sew Georgian Gowns and Wear Them with Style) by Lauren Stowell and Abby Cox
- Jane Austen Fashion by Penelope Byrde
- Fashion in the Time of Jane Austen by Sarah Jane Downing
- Jane Austen’s Sewing Box (Craft Projects and Stories from Jane Austen Novels by Jennifer Forest
- Patterns of Fashion 1 by Janet Arnold
- Needlework patterns in the Era of Jane Austen by Jody Gayle
Fashion Plates:
LIBRARY OTHER:
Dancing
- Seattle English Country Dancing
- Video: History of English Country Dancing, how it is called, type of music.
- Video: 2012 Regency Ball at the JASNA AGM in Brooklyn
Glossaries
- From Jane Austen’s World
- The Regency Reader (includes Regency graffiti!)
- Women’s Regency Fashion
Parlor Games
Regency Cooking and Dining
Videos: BBC Canada dines Regency Style!
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_Coh8laAAk
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s8VBN3RefbE
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_n4s5ZGgwSk
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=omqxSt6vffw
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MF6ERDEhbRM
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gq37cdw5m5M
Books on Food:
- Tea with the Bennets by Margaret Vaughan
- The Jane Austen Cookbook by
- Tea with Jane Austen by Kim Wilson
Books on the Period:
- Regency House Party by Lucy Jago
- Everyday Life in Regency and Victorian England by Kristine Hughes
- Jane Austen’s Christmas by Maria Hubert
General Guide for Historical Clothing and Costume: