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Regency Fashion: Walking and Riding Dress

By Anne | July 8, 2019 - 7:40 am |August 1, 2019 Regency Fashion

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I am in love with these plates from Ackermann’s Repository July 1818 issue. I have included snips from the descriptions of gowns combined with some Continue →

Regency Advertisements: London Straw Hat Manufactory and White Whalebone Hats

By Anne | July 6, 2019 - 7:26 am |July 12, 2019 Regency Advertisements, Regency Fashion

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These ads appeared in the May 1816 issue of Ackermann’s Repository. Here is more about Charles Vyse, the hat manufacturer including some scandalous family Continue →

Regency Fashion: Summer Recess Ball Dress and Bonnets

By Anne | August 18, 2018 - 8:32 am |September 7, 2018 Regency Fashion

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Appearing in the July 1818 issue of La Belle Assemblee are fashions for August, including a gauzy Recess Ball Dress and collection of bonnets. The Continue →