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Regency Fashion: The Cravat a l’Americaine

By Anne | February 24, 2021 - 6:50 am |March 15, 2021 Regency Fashion, Regency Men

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After learning the basics of Putting on a Cravat, the next is to choose the style. Today we are featuring an excerpt from The Art Continue →

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 Household: An Egyptian Chimney Front

By Anne | February 6, 2021 - 7:25 am |February 16, 2021 Regency Household

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This engraving and the description appeared in the 1823 book “Modern Furniture” by Augustus Pugin and J Stafford. Napolean’s Egyptian Campaign in the early 19 Continue →

Regency Fashion: Putting on a Cravat

By Anne | February 4, 2021 - 6:53 am |June 4, 2021 Regency Fashion, Regency Men

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Figures and lessons are taken from The Art of Tying the Cravat Demonstrated in Sixteen Lessons, Including Thirty-two Different Styles, Forming a Pocket Manual … Continue →