How does someone get interested in writing an article about women's clothing during the Regency period in England? For me it was reading romance novels by my favorite author on the subject, Stephanie Laurens. I like imaging myself as the belle of the ton during a Season in England, going to balls dressed in the finest silk dresses and dancing the waltz with all the eligible noblemen in the country.
Reading these novels piqued my interest into the daily lives of the rich and desired in England during this time period and how that affected the way women dressed. Women's dress changed a lot even between 1790 and 1800. Within this decade dresses had "delicate interlacing floral pattern with fine black-line stems; flowers pink and pale mauve, leaves and flowers pale blue and yellow (Bradfield 75)." No longer would rich fabrics be seen for everyday dresses. Pressed cottons and muslins were used instead of silks for everyday dresses (Bradfield 75). "Dark-ground pressed patterns were fashionable for dress and furnishings from 1790 to 1800 (Bradfield 79).".
"By 1800, women's garments had assumed the basic features they would keep until about 1818: a slender willowy silhouette; the waistline above anatomical position; light, supple, clinging fabrics; flat-heeled shoes; flat, draped outer wraps; and bonnets, caps, and turbans of many types (Payne 463)." This style of dress is very different than that of just a decade before, and was intended to imitate the styles of ancient Greece (Payne 464). Dresses between 1800 and 1810 were made of thin, white fabric for the most part, but mull was also used, and they were usually embroidered at the hems (Payne 464). At the beginning of the nineteenth century the bodice and skirt were cut in one piece with a drawstring at the waist, but around 1804 they started to be cut separately and sewn together with the seam covered by a narrow sash or ribbon (Payne 464).
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