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Regency Fashion: Carriage and Evening Dress with some hints on mourning

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These gowns appeared in the November 1818 issue of La Belle Assemblee with some hints on mourning attire.

Regency Culture and Society: A Woman in Want of Pockets

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                        Gentle readers, you are probably already aware of the deep gender divide around Continue →

Regency Advertisements: For All You Military Men…

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Now the “oldest cosmetics manufacturer in the UK” (http://johngosnell.com/about-us/history/) dating back to 1677, during the Regency era the company of Price & Gosnell had a Continue →

Regency Fashion: London Dresses for October (1808)

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This plate with accompanying descriptions appeared in the 1808 October issue of the Ladies Monthly Museum.