Regency Fashion: Ball and Walking Dress (1826)

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THE MIRROR OF FASHION FOR FEBRUARY 1826 BALL DRESS A DRESS of white net over amber coloured satin ornamented with two rows of full satin rouleaux placed on the border en limaçon The body is plain and surrounded with a row of embossed foliage across the bust the sleeves are short and full and fastened at the centre with a trimming to correspond with the border of the dress The hair is neatly arranged in large curls and adorned with a few simple wild roses near the right side A silk scarf is thrown carelessly over the shoulder Necklace of twisted pearls White kid gloves and satin shoes WALKING DRESS A PELISSE of slate coloured gros de Naples The body is made en gerbe the collar is formed by full puffs divided by satin annulets The sleeves are shaped to the arm and finished by mancherons consisting of a row of plaited gros de Naples pinked at the edges Bonnet of black velvet trimmed with the same material edged round with pink satin The summit of the crown is ornamented with a French star of velvet and pink satin Limerick gloves and boots of the colour of the dress HEAD DRESS The most elegant and fashionable head dress at present worn in London scarcely differs in any respect from the Parisian style the front hair divided on the side and drest in very large curls bringing part of the fulness on the middle of the forehead the long hair arranged in bows extending entirely across the head but brought rather forward and varied by the introduction of a few large full curls This head dress with the addition of a few gold or coloured flowers intermingled with taste among the bows produces the most elegant and beautiful appearance For the dresses we are as usual indebted to the taste of MISS PIERPOINT Edward street Portman square and for the Head dresses to MR COLLEY 28 Bishopsgate within

GENERAL MONTHLY STATEMENT OF FASHION THE newest out door envelope for the carriage is a beautiful mantle of levantine of a bright amber colour lined with white taffety the sides and border are elegantly quilted in waves and the whole mantle wadded throughout It is worn also for the promenade Black velvet pelisses fastening imperceptibly down the front of the skirt with gold springs are much in request Cloaks of black satin with capes of black velvet are very general With these are invariably worn a black velvet hat ornamented with shaded riband We were highly pleased with one or two walking pelisses of very fine cloth of a claret colour they were beautifully trimmed with light sable Silk pelisses fasten down in a very ingenious way the fastening's being so concealed that they have all the appear ance of round dresses Black velvet hats are as usual very general at this season of the year those for the carriage are very tastefully trimmed many of them are ornamented with pink satin and plumes of cocks feathers a large bow of pink satin riband is on the hair under the hat on the left side The crown of some hats is ornamented with a profusion of velvet bows and a gold slider in the centre rose coloured strings the same as the riband round the throat which ties two bows and long ends support ing a collarette of worked muslin Bonnets of black watered gros de Naples for walking cos tume are much admired they are very large and simply ornamented by a single bow of the same material Dresses of levantine trimmed with rouleaux of crape en twined with silver are greatly admired for evening parties White satin dresses trimmed in a very novel way have a beautiful effect Six narrow flounces set on in full flutings surround the border three of these fall down over each other while the other three are reversed and the flounces stand upward they are divided by a full rouleau of white satin Pink sarsnet dresses with long sleeves of white Japanese gauze are much worn by young ladies at dinner parties a full wadded ornament of which there are two rows surrounds the skirt it is formed in alternate diamonds or squares of black velvet and pink satin The bodies are made quite plain and very simply trimmed round the bust with narrow black
velvet Over the white sleeve is a mancheron of pink satin bound round with black velvet An evening dress of geranium coloured gros de Naples has been very much admired The corsage is made to fit the shape the front is rather high but lower on the shoulders and trimmed round the top with a notched ruche of the same material a light folded drapery in the form of a stomacher adorns the bust The sleeve is short and full and set in a satin corded band with long white sleeves of crêpe lisse inserted at the shoulder and confined at the wrist with broad bead bracelets and ornamented mancherons The skirt is made to wrap and flows off from the left side and is shaped circularly on the right just above the wadded hem of the petticoat and is trimmed with two double ruches notched which have a very pretty effect The ceinture is of gros de Naples edged with corded satin of the same colour A home cornette of a novel description has lately appeared It has remarkably long lappets edged round with handsome blond the head piece is trimmed with a profusion of blond and bows of riband of two different colours the most ap proved are violet colour and amber one bow of each colour is placed against the other which has a lively and pleasing effect A dress hat of white satin edged with pearls forms a beauti ful evening head dress On the right side the hat is cut sloping and each square finished by pearls over the left side depends an end with rich tassel fringe of pearls The whole is surmounted by short feathers of shaded scarlet beautifully playing over the crown and part of the brim For home costume many ladies wear a French turban of pink crape with a band of black velvet next the hair and a bow and tassel of black on the left side A very beautiful black velvet turban of a new and becoming shape has been much admired It is beautifully enriched by strings of pearls twisted over it and crowned with a plume of white marabout feathers The hair of young ladies is tastefully arranged in ringlets clustered curls and bows and simply adorned with rows of pearls and a few full blown flowers The most fashionable colours are pink bright geranium corn flower blue claret and amber

Plates, descriptions, and fashionable commentary appeared in the February 1826 issue of The Lady’s Monthly Museum. I love the final note about fashionable colors – going bright and floral for winter, as well as a couple of jewel tones. I also think about turbans often — if I had the right shaped head, I would probably rock one.

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