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  • omgthatdress:

wedding gown ca. 1799 via The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Amazing sleeves!

    omgthatdress:

    wedding gown ca. 1799 via The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

    Amazing sleeves!


  • #18th century      #extant      #1790s      #regency      #empire waistline      




    January 5, 2011

    2 years ago





  • historicalfashion:

 

Janet Arnold’s Patterns of Fashion 1, pgs. 47-48 (click graph for bigger)

Dedicated to all costumers, beginners and experts alike. Thank you Faye for the scans. I already ordered the book and I just can’t wait to have it!

    historicalfashion:

    Janet Arnold’s Patterns of Fashion 1, pgs. 47-48 (click graph for bigger)

    Dedicated to all costumers, beginners and experts alike. Thank you Faye for the scans. I already ordered the book and I just can’t wait to have it!


  • #19th century      #regency      #1800s      #pattern      #empire waistline      




    August 28, 2010

    2 years ago





  • defunctfashion:

House of Lanvin (Alex Ceslas Rzewuski)| Fancy Dress Costume for Ganna Walska as Pauline Borghese | 1926
A 1920s interpretation of an 1810s gown. My head is twitching from the historic fashion overload.

    defunctfashion:

    House of Lanvin (Alex Ceslas Rzewuski)| Fancy Dress Costume for Ganna Walska as Pauline Borghese | 1926

    A 1920s interpretation of an 1810s gown. My head is twitching from the historic fashion overload.


  • #19th century      #1810s      #regency      #20th century      #1920s      #extant      




    July 14, 2010

    2 years ago





  • Muslin petticoat, spencer and hat, 1815
(Kyoto Costume Institute)

    Muslin petticoat, spencer and hat, 1815

    (Kyoto Costume Institute)


  • #1810s      #19th century      #accessory      #extant      #regency      #empire waistline      




    July 9, 2010

    2 years ago





  • defunctfashion:

Boys Suit | c. 1810 | American
I love how they are trousers and not breeches, that is very unusual for boy’s clothing of the era. Typically wearing long pants was a right of passage that occured around a boy’s 12th birthday. I want this in my size. I am loving this color, maybe I will try to create a man size version for me?

    defunctfashion:

    Boys Suit | c. 1810 | American

    I love how they are trousers and not breeches, that is very unusual for boy’s clothing of the era. Typically wearing long pants was a right of passage that occured around a boy’s 12th birthday. I want this in my size. I am loving this color, maybe I will try to create a man size version for me?


  • #19th century      #regency      #extant      #children      #1810s      




    2 years ago





  • A while ago someone asked me about riding clothes. I have a beautiful book with the Kyoto Costume Institute’s collection and I’ve been wanting to post this for ages. I only recently found a decent scan of this page. The record says these two ensembles would have been worn for hunting. However, since hunting was usually made on the back of a horse, these can count as riding ensembles as well.
On female model, hunting ensemble from 1815: spencer and petticoat. The spencer was used by women to protect themselves from the freezing European winters while still maintaining the fashionable Empire silhouette of the day. It was heavily inspired from men’s fashion.
On male model, frock coat and breeches from 1815.

    A while ago someone asked me about riding clothes. I have a beautiful book with the Kyoto Costume Institute’s collection and I’ve been wanting to post this for ages. I only recently found a decent scan of this page. The record says these two ensembles would have been worn for hunting. However, since hunting was usually made on the back of a horse, these can count as riding ensembles as well.

    On female model, hunting ensemble from 1815: spencer and petticoat. The spencer was used by women to protect themselves from the freezing European winters while still maintaining the fashionable Empire silhouette of the day. It was heavily inspired from men’s fashion.

    On male model, frock coat and breeches from 1815.


  • #19th century      #regency      #extant      #riding habit      #empire waistline      #1810s      




    July 4, 2010

    2 years ago





  • Court suit, 1810

    Court suit, 1810


  • #19th century      #regency      #1810s      #court      #menswear      




    June 25, 2010

    2 years ago





  • Napoleon bringing the Empire waistline in the must-have list of early 19th century fashionistas as seen in The Coronation of Napoleon by Jacques-Louis David, 1804.

    Napoleon bringing the Empire waistline in the must-have list of early 19th century fashionistas as seen in The Coronation of Napoleon by Jacques-Louis David, 1804.


  • #19th century      #regency      #empire waistline      #1800s      #painting      




    2 years ago





  • 
1810

    1810


  • #extant      #19th century      #empire waistline      #regency      #1810s      




    May 27, 2010

    3 years ago





  • Bonnet, 1810

    Bonnet, 1810


  • #extant      #accessory      #regency      #1810s      #19th century      




    May 26, 2010

    3 years ago





  • 
Evening dress from 1815.
I feel like having a Regency evening. Only good things can come out of that :)

    Evening dress from 1815.

    I feel like having a Regency evening. Only good things can come out of that :)


  • #extant      #19th century      #regency      #ball gown      #1810s      




    3 years ago





  • Slippers, 1805–1815
The extremely short vamp and rounded toe  are particularly notable characteristics of this date.  The heel was  becoming vestigial in the first quarter of the century, and although low  by modern standards, the variety seen here was one of the higher types  produced at the time.

    Slippers, 1805–1815

    The extremely short vamp and rounded toe are particularly notable characteristics of this date. The heel was becoming vestigial in the first quarter of the century, and although low by modern standards, the variety seen here was one of the higher types produced at the time.


  • #extant      #19th century      #regency      #shoes      #1800s      




    May 15, 2010

    3 years ago





  • (via historicalfashion)
Regency ladies and gents

    (via historicalfashion)

    Regency ladies and gents


  • #19th century      #regency      #movie still      #photograph      




    May 8, 2010

    3 years ago





  • Regency Wedding Dresses

    Regency Wedding Dresses


  • #extant      #19th century      #regency      #wedding dress      #empire waistline      




    May 3, 2010

    3 years ago





  • mistresanimales:

Vestido de paseo con spencer (chaqueta corta), cuerpo interior y falda, inglés, 1817-20. La influencia militar es clara en los adornos.

Attempting to translate that: Walking dress with spencer (short jacket), lining and skirt, English, 1817-20. The military influence is obvious in the ornaments.

    mistresanimales:

    Vestido de paseo con spencer (chaqueta corta), cuerpo interior y falda, inglés, 1817-20. La influencia militar es clara en los adornos.

    Attempting to translate that: Walking dress with spencer (short jacket), lining and skirt, English, 1817-20. The military influence is obvious in the ornaments.


  • #extant      #19th century      #regency      #empire waistline      #1810s      




    April 8, 2010

    3 years ago





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