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Regency Advertisements: Cheapest House for Boots and Shoes

By Anne | January 18, 2022 - 3:11 pm |January 24, 2022 Regency Advertisements, Regency Fashion

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This ad appeared in the October 1806 issue of La Belle Assemblee.

Regency Fashion: Carriage, Evening, and Ball Dresses (1819)

By Anne | January 4, 2022 - 7:44 am |January 24, 2022 Regency Fashion

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This collection of gowns appeared in the January 1819 issue of La Belle Assemblee. In addition to descriptions, we have included the general observations of Continue →

Regency Culture and Society: 10 Maxims for Life by a Lady

By Anne | December 28, 2021 - 7:00 am |January 18, 2022 Regency Culture and Society

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More life lessons from A Treatise on Politeness, etc (1813). The next ten are below. If you are catching up, we presented the first 10 Maxims here. And Continue →

Regency Fashion: Cravate de Chasse

By Anne | December 24, 2021 - 8:37 am |January 10, 2022 Regency Fashion

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This month, we feature almost the opposite of last month’s Gastronome: De Chasse. This winded up beauty was unstarched, dark green or “dead leaf” (feuille Continue →