Regency Fashion: Carriage Dress, Walking, Afternoon, and Evening Dress (1827)

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Whitsuntide many great families are yet straw they are so overloaded with puffs in town and their stay which is lengthened and bows of ribbon that it is difficult when beyond what it was last summer affords us taking a back view of them to know what the means of imparting to our fair readers a they are composed of On the right are true statement of the most prevailing fashions four large puffs on the left four rouleaux Pelisses of gros de Naples the colours of spread out from the top of the crown to the most cheering summer kind particularly the middle of the brim and behind are the early grass green are very prevalent in four rosettes of broad satin ribbon We the summer walks at the close of day they have seen a very elegant carriage bonnet of are made plain and simple as possible their white gros de Naples round the crown of colours constituting all their beauty on which was a wreath of full blown white roses evenings and if the weather be chilly The bonnets of white or lavender coloured the elegant shawl of Chinese crape is next gros de Naples are generally lined with in favour the fringes of these shawls exceed pink and have white blond at the edge of in beauty and richness all we have ever yet the brim headed by a rouleau seen of the kind they are however by no means heavy but au contraire and fine as the gossamer A very elegant article and well adapted for the out door costume of young ladies is a gauze shawl handkerchief of the most rich and varied colours The patterns which are exquisite are of satin like raised brocade on a ground of striking tint the borders consisting of stripes of various colours in satin charm ingly shaded 裴 For home costume some young ladies have introduced a coloured silk canezou with a white muslin skirt the canezou is made only partially low with short full sleeves this is its original form Though we admire the smartness of this dress we find it too Frenchified too much paré for home attire An English lady always appears to peculiar advantage in the quiet retired simplicity of an elegant half dress For those ladies however who have much Leghorn and white chip bonnets prevail breadth of shoulders and redundancy of much on the latter one superb feather of bust the coloured canezou body looks well the weeping willow kind and of a delicate for such ladies should never wear one of white floats over the right shoulder from white muslin and the muslin petticoat the same side of the crown This bonnet marks the summer season We have seen on an elegant figure is truly graceful Bon one of these of a myrtle green with satin nets of Leghorn entirely for walking are stripes of pomona green the petticoat of tastefully but not profusely trimmed with fine jaccanot muslin with six broad bias broad shaded ribbon with strings of the folds each headed by green passementerie same floating loose A village hat of very Chintzes of most elegant patterns colours fine Dunstable very simply trimmed with and fine texture are preferred by ladies of ribbon and tying under the chin is much taste universally worn on mornings in the in request on the same occasion With this retired promenades and sometimes retained hat which is of a very moderate size a veil through the day only however by the is generally added Bonnets of French young when the chintz is peculiarly beauti white gros de Naples with puffings of the ful then with elegant ornaments and the same between each puff small bouquets of hair tastefully arranged these exquisite spe the flower called Venus's looking glass the cimens of British manufacture form a very evening primrose and the purple iris are charming home attire The canezous of justly admired though they are rather muslin which are worn with coloured silk too wide at the temples their shape is ele skirts are finely embroidered with the col gant and their size not unbecoming these lars and sleeves trimmed with lace The bonnets are short at the ears and have a flounces of silk gowns are cut in bias and handsome broad white blond at the edge of are very broad when a dress has two of the brim We have described what we these flounces and a pointed pelerine with most admired among the bonnets we are long ends the dress makers require five and sorry to say that those in fashion this sum twenty yards to make a gown On white mer are every thing but elegant there are muslin dresses the favourite trimming at the those we might be tempted to pronounce border consists of lace on the hem next the frightful especially when of Leghorn or shoe set on rather full above that are sever No 31 Vol VI E
or eight tucks very close together and as small as possible another flounce of lace then tucks again then a letting in of lace and above that of embroidery all surmount ed by a lace flounce these dresses are of fine India muslin and are very expensive Transparent sleeves of coloured crape or Italian net the same colour as the gown are much worn with dresses of gros de Naples The ball dresses of white tulle are superbly trimmed with pearls and blond the blond is full and carried round the bor der of the skirt en serpentine between the interstices are stiffened rosettes of white satin representing the canker rose in full bloom and in the centre of each of these ornaments is a large pearl the corsage is of white satin with full short sleeves of puckered tulle The care and cleanliness observed in the attention to the hair have been productive of the most desirable effects we scarcely ever meet with a young person now who has not a good head of hair there is rather too much display of this attractive charm though it is the most excusable of any the curls are not now quite so large as they have been for some months but they are rather too thickly clustered round the face Bows and braids are formed of the long tresses behind we wish to see the basket braid on the sum mit of the crown exploded as it has so much the appearance of artificial hair fasten ed on we have often known it to grow on the head of the lovely wearer but that can not be explained to every one and it always appears stiff heavy and laboured Young ladies seldom are seen with any other head dress than their own hair but as this is now so general a fashion those among the more distinguished classes often adopt a small cap of coloured gauze this is placed very backward and rather on one side and is lightly and sparingly ornamented with flowers to some faces this head dress is peculiarly becoming it imparts a very pleasing softness to the features and should always be of a colour suited to the com plexion the dark haired female looks well in pink or yellow the fair haired in blue Matronly ladies always look well in turbans and they are again in favour partially for half dress as are caps for deshabille and home costume of the most exquisitely fine lace ornamented with bows of ribbon half gauze half satin and of the most beautiful
patterns and diversity of colours Flowers at balls are sometimes placed in the hair of young ladies as are sprigs and strings of are more in the Turkish and Moorish form than in that of the beret The favourite colours are violet early grass green myrtle green etherial blue pink and lilac pearls at evening dress parties The turbans

Appeared in La Belle Assemblée in 1827.

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2 Responses to Regency Fashion: Carriage Dress, Walking, Afternoon, and Evening Dress (1827)

  1. Michelle H says:
    July 5, 2023 at 8:54 pm

    I love the details on these dresses, all the embroidery and lace and trim.

    • Anne says:
      July 6, 2023 at 6:12 am

      I do as well. I am also a fan of the hats, which I think must have required excellent posture to keep aloft.