Regency Fashion: Ball and Evening Dress (1819)

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EXPLANATION OF THE PRINTS OF FASHION ON FRENCH GENERAL OBSERVATIONS No 1 BALL DRESS Frock of crape over white satin ele FASHIONS AND DRESS gantly ornamented round the border with TAOUGA at the latter end of March and à beautiful chenille embroidery of vine the commencement of April we may pro leaves and grapes in pink Head dress a nounce the spring quarter not only comwreath of full blown roses white and red menced but rapidly advancing in its proplaced alternately White satin slippers gress yet in spite of a mild winter its and white kid gloves icy fetters are not entirely broken the keen March winds prevail and verdure is ENGLISH checked as it begins to embellish our fields No 2 Evening DRESS and gardens Frock of chaia gauze over white satin Thus the habiliments of the gelid season finished round the border with a superb are not yet quite throwu aside on a mild trimming d la Flore Swiss corsage of day the British fair are seen adorning the white satin and small white satin Auted public walks the fashionable rides and toque with Minerva plume White satip the morning museums in all the approsandal slippers and white kid gloves priate colours and demi raison textures
the year which announce the arrival of the sweet the tender hue of the lavender blossom when season of spring in all her youthful splen in full blow dour while on the chill and winter like Next in estimation is a light drab brown days a warmer kind of clothing is resort coloured spotted silk pelisse lined with ed to yet not of that heavy kind which pink sarsnet and chastely and simply ornacan render it incongruous to the time of mented with rouleaur of pink satin The frock à la Santa Catharina is still At the truly elegant repository in St regarded as an elegant half dress among James's street presided over by the taste the higher circles and the ball dress is ful Marchande de Modes of her Royal High made of chain gauze as last month but ness the Duchess of Kent may be found its trimming is now truly unique and the following appropriate and novel articles novel A deep border of fine Arachne net of female attire either for the spring or the is richly ornamented with flute or Pandean decliving winter and for the latter is the puffs of white satin between which are Witzchoura pelisse of black pelian satin bunches of white and red roses placed elegantly trimmed with that light and va alternately luable fur the chinchilla with this is worn The morning cornettes are composed of the Bohemian hat of black spotted Gros fine lace and rouleaux of coloured satiu de Naples lined with white and orna they are very much elevated on the crown mented with a beautiful plume of black Among the bonnets we call on the atCypress feathers this forms a very eleganttention of our fashionable readers to the dress for half mourning Another wintry rock bonnet the silk texture of which is kind of pelisse is one of the wrap kind of wonderful representing the spar on rocks fine Merino cloth of a vermillion colour when the sun shining on it gives to it a embroidered with black and slightly orna peculiar brilliancy this bonnet is a beaumented with the same colour this used to tiful carriage head dress and surmounted be not long ago the Gallic court mourn by a plume of white feathers has appeared ing when in its last stage and with the amongst the paraphernalia of a lady of high royal purple intermingled with black we rank when on a visit to a certain amiable wonder we do not find it adopted here and highly elevated personage it makes better for trade and affords a Another elegant carriage head dress is more pleasing variety than only black and the cap a la Bergere of spotted thread net grey and blond the crown and edge surrounded As a most unique and elegant article by small Persian roses A walking bonnet for out door spring costume we must give of black Gros de Naples lined with damask a few lines entirely to the description of a rose colour and surmounted by a bouquet carriage pelisse just completed and the of damask roses is in high favour either fashion of it solely invented by Mrs Bell for the morning walk or fashionable it is of a pale lead colour and the texture is lounge of the improved Gros de Naples It is ele Amongst the various evening head gantly ornamented down the bust en dresses which fashion authorizes and taste guimpe in varrow rouleaux of the same approves is the Naples turban of white material as the pelisse and down the sides satin and rose coloured gauze finished by in a truly novel and original style of trim a superb tassel falling over the right shoulming of the same forming a kind of range der of pearls and the concert turban of of pointed straps each terminating by a white satin and Arachne pet beautifully button of covered silk the sleeves are and lightly ornamented with pearls among surmounted by stiffened mancherons slash which are interspersed several fine oriental ed in the Castilian style and the cuffs and pear pearls collar are made to correspond with the Madras turbans still continue in vogue pointed strap trimmings down the sides those made of the real Madras habdker Though we have called the colour of this chiefs royal blue and orange colour are dress a pale lead colour yet it is difficult most in estimation Coronet Bandeaux to say which it partakes of most the made in the mural form are yet much ad brighter part of the lead when first cut or H mired and the addition of a plume of fea
thers renders them an elegant and appro priate full head dress for evening parties or for the ball room The favourite colours are lavender da mask rose royal blue and pink

These designs and descriptions appeared in the March 1819 issue of La Belle Assemblee.

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