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

By Anne | February 10, 2021 - 7:00 am |February 28, 2021 Regency Fashion, Regency Men

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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: Table Manners

By Anne | January 16, 2021 - 6:38 am |February 9, 2021 Regency Culture and Society

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Dining may be one of the most rigid exercises in etiquette, with many rules of decorum to keep in mind. Some of these maxims, from Continue →

Regency Culture and Society: A Bit of Bronze

By Anne | May 18, 2020 - 8:26 am |February 10, 2023 Regency Culture and Society

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Perusing the A View of London (1803), I came upon this amusing description of gentlemen acquiring town polish that I wanted to share: It continues Continue →