Regency Fashion: Full and Evening Dress (1815)

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FASHIONS FOR LADIES PLATE 3 FULL DRESS A CELESTIAL blue crape frock over a white satin slip ornamented round the bottom with a deep border of tull or net lace embroidered with shaded blue silks and chenille short full sleeve trimmed with tull or net lace the dress trimmed entirely round the top to correspond Hair parted in the centre of the forehead confined in the Grecian style and blended with flowers Necklace of pearl ear drops and bracelets to correspond Slippers of blue satin or kid White gloves of French kid PLATE 4 EVENING DRESS Light pink satin gown trimmed round the bottom with a lace flounce laid on richly worked and headed with tufts of the same short full sleeve trimmed with lace A shell lace tippet White kid gloves drawn over the elbow An India fan of carved ivory Slippers of white kid Full crop head dress ornamented with flowers

Plates and descriptions appeared in the January 1815 issue of Ackermann’s Repository.

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