Regency Fashion: Walking and Evening Dress (1809)

The plate and description appeared in the January 1809 edition of The Lady’s Monthly Museum.  The mantle and hat–simply divine!  I also appreciate that the Continue

Regency Reader Questions: French Chefs, Gender and Celebrity

Regency Reader Question For the aristocracy, it was apparently all the rage to have a male French chef. However, the references I’ve found said that Continue

Regency Fashion: Morning and Afternoon Dresses for December (1800)

Appeared in the December 1800 edition of The Lady’s Monthly Museum.

Regency Reader Questions: Courtship, Weddings and Babies

Regency Reader Question I recently wrote a book that took place in during the War of 1812. In it a girl named Lillian and a Continue