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Regency Customs: A Receipt for Courtship

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This 1805 caricature of courtship gives a simple recipe for love and marriage (by Lurie & Whittle of Fleet Street): Two or three dears, and Continue →

Regency Fashion: Walking, Full and Costume Dresses

By Anne | January 14, 2018 - 7:02 am |February 6, 2018 Regency Fashion

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Appearing in the January 1807 issue of La Belle Assemblee, I love the drama of these creations (and I am not just talking about the Continue →

Regency Culture and Society: Ladies Taking Snuff

By Anne | January 12, 2018 - 7:40 am |January 23, 2018 Regency Culture and Society, Regency Fashion, Regency Health and Medicine

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One of my favorite schticks in a Heyer novel is in Regency Buck when Judith is taught how to take snuff. It sums up Continue →

Regency Reader Questions: It’s Potty Time

By Anne | January 6, 2018 - 7:30 am |July 13, 2024 Regency Reader Questions

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Tara K, who has sent me a raft of interesting questions including glove etiquette, whether ladies could say “cheese”, and why certain conveyances were painted Continue →