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1817 Couple In Jane Austen and Bridgerton style Walking Dress and Gentleman in Same Green Redingote. #bridgerton #janeausten #RegencyFashion

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1817 Couple In Jane Austen and Bridgerton style Walking Dress and Gentleman in Same Green Redingote.

Lady: Blue satin Spencer over a white dress with puffed trimming around hem, pink bonnet, white ruff and tucker. Man: Long green Redingote, or overcoat, in the English style.  Long brown trousers, striped waistcoat or vest, top hat, gloves and boots. Fashion Plate via Journal des Dames et des Modes, or Costume Parisien. Definition Redingote Or Coat Or Pelisse: Long fitted outdoor coat worn over other garments for warmth. French word developed from English words, riding coat. French fashion plates call these coats a Redingote and English plates call them a Pelisse, Or Walking Dress, or Carriage Costume. These are the types of outfits worn by Jane Austen and contemporaries in English magazines, where French fashions were obsessively copied despite the two countries being at war for many years.

This same Fashion Plate is seen below for the gentleman.  

1817 Couple In Walking Dress, French. Lady in a blue satin Spencer over a white dress with puffed trimming around the hem, pink bonnet, white ruff and tucker around her neck. Man in a full length dark green Redingote, or overcoat, over loose, or Cossack style, brown trousers, striped waistcoat, black boots, and top hat.
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1817 Long Green Straight Redingote, or Greatcoat, French. Gentleman wearing an English style overcoat, long brown trousers, striped waistcoat or vest, top hat, gloves and boots. Fashion Plate via Journal des Dames et des Modes, or Costume Parisien.https://books2read.com/SuziLoveFashionMen1800-1819
1817 Long Green Straight Redingote, or Greatcoat, French. Gentleman wearing an English style overcoat, long brown trousers, striped waistcoat or vest, top hat, gloves and boots. Fashion Plate via Journal des Dames et des Modes, or Costume Parisien.

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1808 Hats, Capotes, Caps as worn by Jane Austen and contemporaries. #Regencyfashion #JaneAusten #Hats

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1808 Hats, Capotes, Caps as worn by Jane Austen and contemporaries. #Regencyfashion #JaneAusten #Hats Velvet, Satin and Crepe. Fashion Plate via Journal des Dames et des Modes, or Costume Parisien.


French fashions like this were copied by English magazines so these styles of hats would have been worn by Jane Austen and her contemporaries.

1808 Hats, Capotes, Caps. Velvet, Satin and Crepe. Fashion Plate via Journal des Dames et des Modes, or Costume Parisien.

1808 Hats, Capotes, Caps. Velvet, Satin and Crepe. Fashion Plate via Journal des Dames et des Modes, or Costume Parisien.

1808 Hats, Capotes, Caps as worn by Jane Austen and contemporaries. #Regencyfashion #JaneAusten #Hats https://books2read.com/SuziLoveFashionWomen1805-1809 Share on X
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1802 Jane Austen Style Blue Castor Riding Habit Worn With a Fichu Of White Lace To Cover Her Chest. #RegencyEra #Hats #JaneAusten

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1802 Jane Austen Style Riding Habit, French. Blue riding habit made of castor, worn with a Fichu of white lace to cover her chest and preserve her modesty and carrying a long riding whip. Fashion Plate via Journal des Dames et des Modes, Costume Parisien.

Riding Habit: Early 1800s riding habits still copied men’s riding fashion and usually made by male tailors. They were often a close-fitting jacket worn over a shirt, or with a fichu covering the neck. A skirt with train had either a waistband or straps over the shoulders to keep it in place. Sometimes, habits were made in one piece with the skirt and bodice joined.

1802 Jane Austen Style Riding Habit, French. Blue riding habit made of castor, worn with a Fichu of white lace to cover her chest and preserve her modesty and carrying a long riding whip. Fashion Plate via Journal des Dames et des Modes, Costume Parisien.
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Writing Regency Era Stories? Lover of the Bridgertons and Jane Austen? Mourning, riding, daytime, evening fashions plus underclothing. #Bridgerton #RegencyEra #JaneAusten #HistoricalFashion

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Are you a reader or writer of Regency Romance? Love Jane Austen’s books? Want to know more about the mourning, riding, underclothing and other Regency Era women’s fashions in Regency romances? What was fashionable for women in Jane Austen’s times? Mourning, riding, daytime, evening clothing, plus underclothing, corsets and accessories. This book looks at what was fashionable for women in Jane Austen’s times, or the early 1800s, or the Regency Era in Britain. Wars were being fought around the globe so women’s fashion adopted a military look in support of soldiers. Fashions, like the lifestyle, became progressively more extravagant and accessories went from colorful to over-the-top. https://books2read.com/SuziLoveFashion1810-1814

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1807 Jane Austen’s Era Gentleman’s Blue Tailcoat With White Breeches, French. #regencyfashion #JaneAusten #Historical Fashion

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1807 Gentleman’s Blue Tailcoat, French. White breeches, black boots topped with large tan strip, black hat and a cane. Plate via Journal des Dames et des Modes, or Costume Parisien.

French fashions and Georgian and Regency Era fashions from Great Britain were copied around the world. This is what men wore in the times of Jane Austen for city and country life.

1807 Gentleman's Blue Tailcoat, French. White breeches, black boots topped with large tan strip, black hat and a cane. Plate via Journal des Dames et des Modes, or Costume Parisien. French fashions and Georgian and Regency Era fashions from Great Britain were copied around the world. This is what men wore in the times of Jane Austen for city and country life.
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1815 Long Blue Overcoat With Fur Trim As Worn By Men In Jane Austen and Bridgerton years. #Bridgerton #RegencyFashion #JaneAusten

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1815 Long Blue Overcoat with brown fur trim, white trousers, scarf, top hat and a cane. Fashion Plate via Journal des Dames et des Modes, or Costume Parisien.
 I can picture Jane Austen’s male friends and family and the Bridgerton men wearing this gorgeous coat when out walking or driving in the park.

1815 Long Blue Overcoat with brown fur trim, white trousers, scarf, top hat and a cane. Fashion Plate via Journal des Dames et des Modes, or Costume Parisien.

1815 Long Blue Overcoat with brown fur trim, white trousers, scarf, top hat and a cane. Fashion Plate via Journal des Dames et des Modes, or Costume Parisien.

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1800-1815 ca. Jane Austen and Bridgerton Era Man’s Vest, Or Waistcoat with Embroidery with spangles. #JaneAusten #Bridgerton #RegencyFashion

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1800-1815 ca. Vest, Or Waistcoat, French. Embroidery with spangles and a standing collar. Vests gave a layer of protection from the elements and a fashion arena, as early 1800s coats were either cutaway or designed to be left open in the front. Typical Style of Early 1800s Vest: Standing collar, straight cut, front pockets,  heavily embroidered and with tiny spangles to accentuate. via Metropolitan Museum,  N.Y.C.,  U.S.A. metmuseum.org

Typical of a gentleman’s waistcoat, or vest, worn during the early 1800s, or Regency Era, or Jane Austen’s times with a standing collar, straight cut, front pockets, and heavily embroidered with tiny spangles to accentuate.

1800-1815 ca. Vest, Or Waistcoat. Embroidery with spangles and a standing collar. Vests gave a layer of protection from the elements and a fashion arena, as early 1800s coats were either cutaway or designed to be left open in the front. via Metropolitan Museum, N.Y.C., U.S.A. metmuseum.org
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What Did the Bridgerton’s and Jane Austen’s Carriages Look Like? #Bridgerton #RegencyEra #JaneAusten #Carriage #travel

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What sort of carriages were used in the early 1800s, or Regency Era, or during Jane Austen’s lifetime?

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1795-1805 ca. Green Silk and Metal Vest,Or Waistcoat, as worn by men of Jane Austen’s acquaintance. #JaneAusten #GeorgianEra #regencyera #historicalFashion

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1795-1805 ca. Green Silk and Metal Vest, Or Waistcoat, Probably French. The style of waistcoat worn by men in Jane Austen’s times. Interesting cross-over front and tasteful embroidery, standing collar, back has ties to adjust the fit. via Metropolitan Museum, N.Y.C., U.S.A. metmuseum.org

1795-1805 ca. Green Silk and Metal Vest, Or Waistcoat, Probably French. The style of waistcoat worn by men in Jane Austen's times. Interesting cross-over front and tasteful embroidery, standing collar, back has ties to adjust the fit. via Metropolitan Museum, N.Y.C., U.S.A. metmuseum.org
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1840 ca. Silver sewing chatelaine, Russian. #VictorianEra #Russia #Chatelaine

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1840 ca. Silver sewing chatelaine, Russian. With tiny coin purse, scissors, writing and sewing tools.

Definition

  • The word Chatelaine is French and means the keeper of the keys
  • Chatelaine” derives from the Latin word for castle
  • In Medieval times, the chatelaine was in charge of the day-to-day running of the castle.

What did a chatelaine do?

  • Most important task was keeper of the keys.
  • Also ordered supplies, did bookkeeping, supervised servants, taught castle children, and organized guests.

What were chatelaines used for?

  • Castle keepers needed keys safe, yet easily accessible.
  • By 1700’s, a metal jeweled ornament hung from pockets, attached to belts, or by hooks into skirt waistbands
  • During 1800’s, women wore large collections of tools hung from chains
  • Young girls sewed and did needlework and needed to carry sewing notions eg scissors, thimbles
  • Worn by women of all classes, from workers to nobility
  • Varied depending on class and finances.
  • Made of silver, brass, steel, leather, or fabric
  • During 19th century, fashionable dresses often had no waist and nowhere to hang chatelaines
  • Chatelaines became decorative brooches
  • Often given as a wedding present from a husband to bride
  • Later became fashion accessories
1840 ca. Silver sewing chatelaine, Russian.
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