tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post1347371333007065769..comments2023-10-20T11:17:47.246-04:00Comments on Two Nerdy History Girls: Fashions for August 1826Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-54456654904695680492014-08-08T20:36:22.084-04:002014-08-08T20:36:22.084-04:00Karen Anne, the plates are very stylized. Painting...Karen Anne, the plates are very stylized. Paintings are a little more reliable, although they, too, tend to idealize and stylize. In fact, corsets from this time still can't be laced really tightly, because they don't yet have metal grommets. Regency Researcher, I do believe the fashion plates were aimed at married women, although the English weren't as strict about unmarried women dressing more or less like nuns (as in France--pale colors, simple styles, hair pulled back like ballerinas.) I agree that some look more mature than others, possibly depending on the artist. And the magazine. La Belle Assemblee's ladies look pretty young in some prints. Too, a "matron" could be eighteen years old or younger (like Lydia Bennett. Kathleen, I include links to the online editions of the magazines in my post. Just click and you can look to your heart's content! In my latest book, you'll find tons of bad (OK, there's some good) poetry culled from the magazines.LorettaChasehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03641586650738945106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-36620262091917749182014-08-04T19:03:27.515-04:002014-08-04T19:03:27.515-04:00The decoration on the skirt of the evening gown lo...The decoration on the skirt of the evening gown look like stylized pineapples. Or maybe I've just spent too much time on the colonial era.<br /><br />PhilippaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-32317490728866654722014-08-04T18:21:03.793-04:002014-08-04T18:21:03.793-04:00Love the blue, the whole ensemble from the hat, th...Love the blue, the whole ensemble from the hat, the hair, the dress and the pelerine. Where do you find magazines from the 1800's?<br /><br />Thank you<br /><br />Katy Walters Katy Waltershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09411132151123849741noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-59576170318534811272014-08-04T09:20:35.981-04:002014-08-04T09:20:35.981-04:00I like the blue better.
Have you noticed that all ...I like the blue better.<br />Have you noticed that all the fashion dresses are presented on mature models. The ladies shown wearing the gowns in all the ones I have seen from the 1790's on, are women who one can assume are married and mothers of children. They are not young women trying to entice men but women who are married with a decent dress allowance. <br />Some of the regency fashions shown in magazines look as though the women are wearing a metal bra.<br />Regencyresearcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10828749339318882968noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-48213394092021668102014-08-04T07:52:57.876-04:002014-08-04T07:52:57.876-04:00That promenade dress is lovely. Both dresses look...That promenade dress is lovely. Both dresses look surprisingly comfortable, although the waists look like a size not found in nature without corsets.<br /><br />I'm surprised women didn't drop like flies wearing the later corsets to hours long events.Karen Annehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13306986336556283751noreply@blogger.com