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Regency Fashion: Evening Full Dress for Gentlemen and Ladies (1807)

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AN EVENING FULL DRESS, for Gentlemen is composed of a dark double-breasted blue coat, ornamented with basket or plain gilt metal buttons; the coat made Continue →

Regency Culture and Society: A Gentleman’s Etiquette for Acknowledging Superiors

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These recommendations, from A System of Etiquette (1805),  are made for gentlemen to acknowledge other gentlemen of greater rank, age, or “superior knowledge” and also, Continue →