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1804 Evening Gown

1804 Evening Gown

Here is a wonderful evening gown from the Museum of Costume in Bath, England. I love the long train and shimmery look of the material!

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Extant Early Regency Gown

Extant Early Regency Gown

This is an original gown from the early Regency, accented with a delicate tulle overlay and featuring slim sleeves. Back when I sewed professionally, a customer sent me this photo so I could reproduce the dress, which was a really fun project. I believe the original garment is in the Kyoto Museum collection.

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Extant Regency Garments from McCord Museum

Extant Regency Garments from McCord Museum

These beautiful gowns are from the McCord Museum in Canada.

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Extant Regency Garments from Kent State

Extant Regency Garments from Kent State

Aren’t these gorgeous? These are from the textile collection at Kent State University

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Color Illustration from Mansfield Park

Color Illustration from Mansfield Park

This is a color illustration from Mansfield Park. Fanny’s aunt is “helping” her with her sewing.

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Mansfield Park Illustration

Mansfield Park Illustration

An illustration of Henry Crawford helping Fanny Price into her shawl from the 1895 edition of Mansfield Park

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1813 English Fashion Plate

1813 English Fashion Plate

English fashion plate showing a lady wearing a cape over her gown.

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1810 Fashion Plate

1810 Fashion Plate

An English fashion plate from 1810. I love the gent’s crisply tailored suit. This is when trousers really came into vogue for men, displacing breeches for all but formalwear for the young bucks of fashion.

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English Fashion Illustrations from Iris Brooke

English Fashion Illustrations from Iris Brooke

These images are from English Costume of the Nineteenth Century, drawn by Iris Brooke and published in 1929. I love the clear illustrations and the focus on details. Click the thumbnails for larger images.

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Portrait of Lady Lydia Acland

Portrait of Lady Lydia Acland

This is a sumptuously beautiful portrait of Lady Lydia Acland and her two sons (yes, sons!). The original hangs in the Music Room of the Acland’s ancestral home, Killerton House, Broadclyst. Note Lady Acland’s Shawl, which is tucked into the gold band at the empire waist. I love the rich color of her gown as [...]

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