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

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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 Advertisements: Ladies’ Superb Leghorn Hats

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19th century hat shop depicting women trying on bonnets

From the July 1816 La Belle Assemblee. Leghorn hats are made of straw, typically from an Italian wheat, with wide brims and flat tops.  The Continue →

Regency Fashion: Fashions from Paris for January

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This plate and the description of fashions for January was shared in the January 1820 issue of Journal des Dames et des Modes.  I have Continue →