Regency Fashion: Dinner Party, Bridal, Carriage, and Public Promenade Dress (1828)

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Records of the Beau Monde FASHIONS FOR JUNE 1828 EXPLANATION OF THE PRINTS OF THE FASHIONS DINNER PARTY DRESS A DRESS of celestial blue gros des Indes trimmed at the border with two rows of pointed flounces falling over each other and the edges bound with satin These pointed flounces are beautifully fluted the upper one finished at the head by cinque foil ornaments in silk pointed and edged round by narrow rouleaux of satin The body is en gerbe and the sleeves à la Marie confined by bands and on each band at the outside of the arm is a buckle At the wrist is a cuff formed of Round flutings and next the hand a bracelet of dark hair clasped by a cameo the bust is a very broad falling tucker of white blond and a white crape fichu is worn under the dress buttoning down the front and surmounted by a triple ruff of lace or blond just beneath the throat Hat of white crape ornamented under the brim with blue and white satin en spatula Ribbons of the same two colours adorn the crown with a delicate plume of white ostrich feathers BRIDAL COSTUME bouquet of orange flowers with a small portion of the green foliage on the left a full blown white rose The ear pendants and necklace are of fine pearls CARRIAGE DRESS A DRESS of striped batiste of sea green colour striped with marshmallow blos som on which stripes are arabesque figures in black The body is made tight to the shape and pointed in front at the base of the waist it is made partially low and finished round the bust by a col lar en paladin pointed in front The sleeves are long and of white crape à la Marie they are confined at the wrists by broad gold bracelets clasped by a cameo a sautoir of white brocaded silk is tied carelessly round the throat The hat worn with this dress is of white gros de Naples trimmed with ribbons painted in different colours on a white ground and a beautiful plume of white marabouts PUBLIC PROMENADE DRESS Chinese designs in different colours One deep flounce ornaments the border of this dress the stripes of which are crosswise and the flounce is full only at intervals where it appears as though it had been A DRESS of spotted tulle over white A DRESS of Indian taffety the ground satin with two flounces elegantly finish white striped with the colour of the ed at the edges with figured gauze rib lavender blossom On the white space bon these flounces are set on in slight between the stripes are painted various festoons and each flounce is headed by a wreath of embossed foliage in white satin The corsage is à la Marie Stuart with a Sévigné drapery across the upper part of the bust of plain tulle drawn together in the centre by a rosette of white satin drawn together in the hand leaving at the sleeves are full and have mancherons the top a sort of tulip ornament at sepa formed of two scallops on each shoulder of white satin edged with blond At the wrists are white satin antique points and next the hand a very broad Hindostanee bracelet of gold with a cameo head The hair is arranged à la Grecque in the centre and placed very backward on the summit of the head is a light short plume of white feathers On the left side is a rate and equal distances from each other The body is made close to the shape and the sleeves are à la Marie and very full A pelerine of white lace is thrown over the shoulders surmounted by a full quad ruple ruff of lace The hat is of white chip ornamented with very broad ribbon of green and white with branches of willow 258 FASHIONS FOR THE MONTH OF JUNE Descriptions and designs appeared in the  June 1828 issue of La Belle Assemblée.

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