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Regency Advertisements: Lost Happiness Regained (in other words, abortions)

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I learn the most interesting things about Regency society reading the advertisments.  Take this week’s knowledge on book prices, or when I learned powdered drinks Continue →

Regency Advertisements: Corsets for the Country

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Appearing in the 1817 Ackermann’s Repository, this ad for corsets promises even those languishing provincially may have a London corset fitted to form: The image Continue →

Regency Fashion: Morning and Evening Dress

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These morning and evening dress plates appeared in the July 1803 edition of The Lady’s Monthly Museum.