Regency Fashion: Carriage and Evening Dress (1828)

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THE MIRROR OF FASHION FOR OCTOBER 1828 CARRIAGE DRESS A HIGH dress of sea green gros de Naples with two flounces round the border of the skirt set at a distance from each other These flounces are both headed by a rouleau The corsage à l Enfant with sleeves à la Marie as low as the elbow the re mainder of the sleeve fitting close to the arm A hat of pink gros des Indes trimmed with the same and pink and white gauze riband A ruff bouillené surrounds the throat EVENING DRESS A DRESS of pink gossamer summer satin with two robes of points of the same material surrounding the border of the skirt Between these points are fichu scrolls of pink crape Short sleeves of pink satin with long white sleeves of crape confined round the wrists by bracelets of rubies and gold The head dress is a Basque cap of white velvet with a broad band formed of gold cordon and tassels Valuable jewels also ornament the cap and a bird of paradise plume droops over the left side The body of the dress is made low and delicate chains of gold ornament the neck The ear pendants are composed of rubies and pearls GENERAL MONTHLY STATEMENT OF FASHION BALLS concerts and festivals have with their high and noble patrons and patronesses now quitted town for the country The former since our last accounts have increased in favour as the weather becomes cooler The private concert of amateurs has been succeeded by the public musical festival and though sim plicity of costume is discernible yet dress begins to assume a splendid appearance both at the noble mansion belonging to titled wealth and at the public meetings of the first professors of the harmonic science We congratulate our fair countrywomen on the evident change for the better in their bonnets We began to perceive after
finding the enormous head coverings so long in favour as even to triumph over the love of novelty that their wearers would be Touch d and shamed by ridicule alone The fine leghorn bonnets now worn in walking parties or in open carriages are of a charming shape and not too large The ribands which trim them are superb both as to texture and colour while the figures in embossed satin though singular as to pattern are extremely beautiful one in particular seems very fashionable the ground is of a deep claret colour and one edge is striped with three different shades of light coloured satin of very lively tints From this stripe issues at intervals figures in blue drake's neck green and yellow resembling small martello towers This riband has an excellent effect on the leghorn and the colours are charmingly suited to the autumnal season it is put on very tastefully but by no means profusely if it were it would render its appearance heavy and destroy all its pleasing effect The most becoming and elegant carriage bonnet which has lately come under our inspection was of white transparent crape with a broad blond at the edge the crown was ornamented lightly with the same material in puffs edged with narrow blond while under the brim and about the crown were bouquets of sweet peas and buds of blush roses The shape and becoming size of this bonnet is truly attractive and it is tied under the chin on the right side by a bow of white riband On bonnets of gros de Naples we observe many rûches they are of the same colour and material as the bonnet are pinked and are very full White gauze veils are much in favour over morning bonnets for walking The new white silk bonnets are of gros des Indes they are trimmed with white gauze ribands and much admired by ladies belonging to the higher classes There is a simplicity and elegance in these novel kind of bonnets which is quite refreshing after the monstrous shapes by which we have so long been annoyed The chintz dresses of every kind and pattern are still in high favour for home costume They are generally trimmed with one very broad flounce set on full and headed When striped the stripes are carried across the skirt by which means a flounce never sits well the flounces are generally ornamented with braid ing of a very lively colour and those which are found in the patterns of the gowns are most varied and beautiful The favourite ground is either a light stone colour or a canary yellow x3
Dresses of coloured Batiste are also much in fashion for home attire they are most admired when the ground is of some light and unobtrusive colour and the figures in large chequers The tints of these chequers are so various and vivid and so beau tifully shaded off one colour into the other in the stripes that form the diamonds that they have an effect equal to the finest painted velvet As however the autumnal season draws on to wards its close it is expected that dark silks will make their ap pearance as the most prevailing fire side costume and already those of gros de Naples have been seen on many ladies for this purpose The favourite colours Etruscan brown or Navarin smoke White muslin dresses are still much worn by young per sons even at dress parties for which style they are most splen didly embroidered The bodies are chiefly made en gerbe and a pointed zone is worn round the waist The mancherons at the tops of long sleeves are formed of a single point Flounces are now again more in favour than the last novel way of finishing the skirt of a gown by one broad hem The gowns continue to be worn very much cut away from the shoulders but we must not look for any alteration in dresses till next month White morn ing dresses are now very seldom seen every lady preferring those of chintz Cachemere shawls as well as those of English manufacture are much worn in out door costume The muslin spencers and pelerines present a chilly appearance and even at times a man tle of silk of some lively colour is displayed The newest pele rines are very large descending as low as the small of the waist Some silk pelisses are very plain made close to the shape without any trimming others are faced with velvet the colour of the pelisse the sleeves full drawn in in puckerings and much ornamented these are of course for the carriage the others for the promenade but it is impossible to say which style will most prevail Dress hats as usual form a favourite head dress not only among our matrons but also with young married females at evening parties in the country They are usually of white crape and ornaments according to fancy with either feathers or flowers The hair is very becomingly and elegantly arranged in full easy ringlets on each side of the face not those exactly entirebouchons but much lighter and shorter The back part is composed of puffs of hair and graces the back of the head not towering on the summit
mit The present mode has some slight resemblance to the Greek style but is more becoming and better adapted to English features The caps worn in half dress are very elegant they are of tulle fancifully arranged in puffs and plaitings and are most admired when ornamented with coloured gauze instead of ribands Our fair countrywomen seem determined to disfigure their heads by huge head dresses the berêts and turbans are of nost voluminous dimensions The colours most in request are myrtle green Navarin smoke cerulean blue jonquil bright geranium pink and lavender grey

Plate and description appeared in the October 1828 edition of The Ladies’ Monthly Museum. Grab your cashmere shawls and leghorn hats, and let’s party in pink!

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