Regency Fashion: The Bang Up

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THE BANG UP WHAT a pleasing reflection it is all things considered that near as the human form may approach to perfec tion still that form is capable of being improved by in genuity but then the difficulty is to decide on what really are improvements for instance some will ad mire a fine slope in the coat skirts tapering off like the tail of a goose some whether or no to catch the mau ners of a hoyden will put on the frock others again admire the pantaloon and many give a decided prefe rence to inexpressibles But the Bang up as a Hat is the very master piece of inventive taste wherein all admiration must of necessity centre having not only in its general appearance a bold and manly front but a pleasing harmony of parts all tending to produce an agreeable union of taste and utility who then would mount the box without being decorated with its chiefest ornament 14

Lloyd’s Treatise on hats (1819)

This is part of a series on Gentleman’s Hats:

Regency Fashion: Gentlemen’s Hats

Regency Fashion: The John Bull Top Hat 

Regency Fashion: The Wellington Top Hat 

Regency Fashion: The Tandem Hat 

Regency Fashion: The Tally-Ho Hat 

Regency Fashion: The Shallow

Regency Fashion: The Coburg 

Regency Fashion: The Marquis 

Regency Fashion: The Eccentric

Regency Fashion: The Regency 

Regency Fashion: The Kent

Regency Fashion: The Cumberland

Regency Fashion: The Vis-A-Vis

Regency Fashion: The Petersham

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