tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post5235460112336945876..comments2023-10-20T11:17:47.246-04:00Comments on Two Nerdy History Girls: Regency era fashion print vs. a real dressUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-8532594031156194632011-08-06T12:44:50.771-04:002011-08-06T12:44:50.771-04:00Hello there Stella from the Jane Austen Centre For...Hello there Stella from the Jane Austen Centre Forum we would like to invite you to our new forum online and was looking around for something new and there you were. If we haven't gotten to you yet as we have a long list of invitees from twitter. <br />If you would like to join us as well to give us a feature on your love of fashions please do or there are many discussions in this area and others and as the Jane Austen Festival is fast approaching your input would be wonderful <br /><br />http://neptune.servers.rbl-mer.misp.co.uk/~janeaust/forum/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-5787818242095341232011-07-24T13:35:40.496-04:002011-07-24T13:35:40.496-04:00What a lovely dress with an even lovelier shawl. ...What a lovely dress with an even lovelier shawl. This could be worn today--proof that good design stands the test of time.Debra Dixonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14959081275116311853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-66791236367589056972011-07-20T09:02:06.010-04:002011-07-20T09:02:06.010-04:00I have studied and re-created several dresses from...I have studied and re-created several dresses from this period. What surprises many people is that the white dress was a sign of status and consequently was emphasized by the fashion periodicals. The albums of Barbara Johnson can attest to the wide variety of darker prints used at this time for everyday dress.Joseph Hiseyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13676804071976351263noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-51814663910930532782011-07-19T14:16:08.749-04:002011-07-19T14:16:08.749-04:00Interesting post. We have two original dresses in ...Interesting post. We have two original dresses in the Napoleon and the Empire of Fashion collection which are almost identical copies of 'Costume Parisien' fashion plates. <br />It is also fascinating when a painting of the period shows exactly a surviving piece of period costume. One example is the dress fragment of Spitalfields silk in the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation collection which is featured in the portrait of Mrs Charles Willing 1746. From 'What Clothes Reveal' page 85.Fichu1800https://www.blogger.com/profile/02196862329099851390noreply@blogger.com