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1809 White cotton walking dress with a green paisley shawl and green shoes. #RegencyEra #JaneAusten #HistoricalFashion

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1809 White Walking Dress, French. Green paisley shawl, green shoes and close-fitting hat. Fashion Plate via Journal des Dames et des Modes, or Costume Parisien.

These lightweight white cotton dresses were fashionable in Jane Austen’s times, but they were certainly not warm when a lady was out walking or when riding in a carriage. Numerous outer layers could be added for warmth and to brighten and personalize an outfit. These might be an overdress, pelisse or redingote, hat, shawl, gloves, or large fur muff.

Definition Paisley Shawl: Made of intricately woven and delicate wool with a teardrop motif that originated in Persia and India.

1809 White Walking Dress, French. Green paisley shawl, green shoes and close-fitting hat. Fashion Plate via Journal des Dames et des Modes, or Costume Parisien.

 Fashion Women 1805-1809 History Notes Book 26 What did Jane Austen and friends wear?  This book looks at early 1800s fashions, which were elegant and pretty with high waists and fabrics that were almost transparent. These Empire style gowns, named after Napoleon’s first Empress, became popular throughout Europe, and were then copied around the world. Colorful outwear was added to make an ensemble more attractive and warmer. https://books2read.com/SuziLoveFashionWomen1805-1809

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1806 White bodice and red scarf in Jane Austen style. Hats, bonnets and evening headdress. #Regencyfashion #JaneAusten #Hats

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1806 White Bodice and Red Scarf. Various Hats, Bonnets and an evening headdress. 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. https://books2read.com/SuziLoveFashionWomen1805-1809

1806 White Bodice and Red Scarf. Various Hats and Bonnets. Fashion Plate via Journal des Dames et des Modes, or Costume Parisien.

1806 White Bodice and Red Scarf. Various Hats and Bonnets. Fashion Plate via Journal des Dames et des Modes, or Costume Parisien
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1820-1830 ca. Collections of Reticules, or Ridicules, Or Purses. #Antiques #RegencyEra #RomanticEra

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1820 ca. Collection of Reticules, or Purses. Silk silver gauze, netting, fine crochet. Bags have drawstrings, chains and tassels. via Ruby Lane Auctions. #RegencyFashion #JaneAusten #British

Definition Of A Reticule; Bag or purse, often with a drawstring to pull closed and usually made of cloth or covered cardboard and often decorated with beading or embroidery. A reticule, or purse, or handbag, was usually carried by a woman during the Regency period to carry all their daily necessities. Earlier, women used pockets that tied at the waistline and were hidden in the folds of their skirts. Empire style, or early 1800s, high-waisted dresses made it impossible to either sewn in a pocket or to tie on a pocket, so women began carrying small, decorated bags called Reticules, or ridicules, which generally pulled close at the top with a drawstring. These Reticules, or bags, were the forerunners of our modern day purses.

bag_1820 ca. Collection of Reticules, or Purses. Silk silver gauze, netting, fine crochet. Bags have drawstrings, chains and tassels. via Ruby Lane Auctions.
1820 ca. Collection of Reticules, or Purses. Silk silver gauze, netting, fine crochet. Bags have drawstrings, chains and tassels. via Ruby Lane Auctions.
bag_1830 ca. Collection of Four Tiny Purses, or Reticules with drawstrings to close. via Ruby Lane Antiques.
1830 ca. Collection of Four Tiny Purses, or Reticules with drawstrings to close. via Ruby Lane Antiques.
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19th Century Early. Jane Austen Or Bridgerton Style Linen Petticoat, American. #RegencyEra #JaneAusten #HistoricalFashion

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19th Century Early.  Linen Petticoat, American.    via Credit:Gift of Mrs. George Nichols, 1964  via Metropolitan Museum, New York City, USA.

In Jane Austen’s years of the early nineteenth century, women often wore light-weight dresses under which was worn a range of underclothing to stop gowns appearing transparent and sticking to a lady’s body. To preserve modesty, underclothing included a chemise next to the skin, then a corset, and then petticoats to give shape to a dress and to keep it away from her body.

19th Century Early.  Linen Petticoat, American. #RegencyEra #JaneAusten #Fashion
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1802 Gentlemen’s Full Dress Of Blue Court Suit, French. #RegencyEra #JaneAusten #HistoricalFashion

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1802 Full Dress of Blue Court Suit, French. Man’s grand parure, or full dress, with white lace on the tailcoat and ruffles on the shirt, jewels, white stockings, black dress shoes, sword and a bicorn hat under his arm. Fashion Plate via Journal des Dames et des Modes, Costume Parisien. Typical menswear for court in most parts of Europe in the early 1800s, or Regency Era, or Jane Austen’s times, included a tailcoat, a vest or waistcoat, breeches, stockings, dress shoes, and hat.

1802 Full Dress of Blue Court Suit, French. Man’s grand parure, or full dress, with white lace on the tailcoat and ruffles on the shirt, jewels, white stockings, black dress shoes, sword and a bicorn hat under his arm. Fashion Plate via Journal des Dames et des Modes, Costume Parisien. Typical menswear for court in most parts of Europe in the early 1800s, or Regency Era, or Jane Austen’s times, included a tailcoat, a vest or waistcoat, breeches, stockings, dress shoes, and hat.
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1818 Brown High-Waisted Dress Of Printed Cotton As Worn In The Times Of the Bridgertons and Jane Austen. #Bridgerton #RegencyEra #JaneAusten #HistoricalFashion

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1818 Printed Cotton Gown, American. Brown high-waisted, or Empire line, gown as would have been worn during Jane Austen’s lifetime. Sleeves are puffed at the shoulders with unusual puffs to decorate the long straight sleeves. Hem has multiple rows of ruffles to decorate. via Metropolitan Museum New York City, U.S.A. metmuseum.org

1818 Printed Cotton Gown, American. Brown high-waisted, or Empire line, gown. Sleeves are puffed at the shoulders with unusual puffs to decorate the long straight sleeves. Hem has multiple rows of ruffles to decorate. via Metropolitan Museum New York City, U.S.A. metmuseum.org
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1800-1850 ca. Brown Reticule, Or Bag With Monogram and Drawstring, of the Sort Used by the Bridgertons and Jane Austen. #Bridgerton #RegencyFashion #JaneAusten

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1800-1850 ca. Reticule, Or Bag. Brown bag with monogram and drawstring, British. The Bridgerton family and Jane Austen and their female contemporaries would have sewn, gifted and used a bag similar to this. via Snowshill Manor, National Trust, U.K. nationaltrustimages.org.uk

Definition Reticule: Bag or purse, often with a drawstring to pull closed and usually made of cloth or covered cardboard and often decorated with beading or embroidery. A reticule, or purse, or handbag, was usually carried by a woman during the Regency period to carry all their daily necessities. Earlier, women used pockets that tied at the waistline and were hidden in the folds of their skirts. Empire style, or early 1800s, high-waisted dresses made it impossible to either sewn in a pocket or to tie on a pocket. So women began carrying small, decorated bags called Reticules, or ridicules, which generally pulled close at the top with a drawstring.

1800-1850 ca. Reticule, Or Bag. Brown bag with monogram and drawstring. via Suzi Love ~ suzilove.com & Snowshill Manor, National Trust, U.K. nationaltrustimages.org.uk
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1806 Jane Austen Style Short Sleeved White Muslin Dress With Train, Shawl and Jewelry Set. #RegencyFashion #JaneAusten #HistoricalFashion

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1806 Short Sleeved White Muslin Dress With Train, French. Bodice and sleeves have ribbon decoration, evening flowered headdress, half parure of necklace and ear bobs, and gorgeous Indian hand loomed green shawl. Fashion Plate via Journal des Dames et des Modes, or Costume Parisien. https://books2read.com/SuziLoveFashionWomen1805-1809

1806 Jane Austen Style Short Sleeved White Muslin Dress With Train, French. Bodice and sleeves have ribbon decoration, evening flowered headdress, half parure of necklace and ear bobs, and gorgeous Indian hand loomed green shawl. Fashion Plate via Journal des Dames et des Modes, or Costume Parisien.

Definition Jewelry – Parure: Matched set of jewelry, including a necklace, bracelet, earrings, pin etc. Half Parure had no headpiece.

Definition Shawls: The shawl started off in India as a fine wool garment for men that could be worn as a scarf, turban or as a mantle: the word comes from the Persian shäl. Originally imported from the East, European Kashmir shawls were made first in Norwich and Edinburgh in Britain in the late 18th century. Shawls were an essential item in the early 1800s to cover the thin gowns women wore. They were made of muslin, gauze, silk, wool, and velvet, though cashmere shawls were the softest and most prized.

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1819 February Pink Ball Dress In Bridgerton Or Jane Austen Style With Low Neckline and White Underskirt, English. #Bridgerton #RegencyEra #JaneAusten #HistoricalFashion #BritishHistory

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1819 February Pink Ball Dress, English. Underskirt with white lace hem, pink layer with intricate decoration, short puffed sleeves, low décolletage, or neckline, white shawl and white hat with pink feather. Fashion Plate via John Belle’s La Belle Assemblée or, Bell’s Court and Fashionable Magazine, London. Women’s clothing came in the late 1810s came in a wide range of styles to suit every season and occasion. When attending assemblies or balls, ladies in Jane Austen’s times women wore Empire style dresses which were usually made of light fabric and floaty in style and often of a shorter length suitable for dancing. https://books2read.com/SuziLoveFashionWomen1815-1819

Definition Ball Dress: At the end of the 1810s, ball or dancing dresses had higher hemlines that rose several inches above the ankle so ladies wouldn’t trip on their hens or flounces and make a spectacle of themselves. 

Definition Aigret, aigrette, egret: Plume of feathers or jeweled ornament in shape of feathers worn on head or hats. During the early 19th century, or Jane Austen’s lifetime, or during the years of the Bridgerton series, the favorite feathers were osprey and heron.

1819 February Pink Ball Dress, English. Underskirt with white lace hem, pink layer with intricate decoration, short puffed sleeves, low décolletage, or neckline, white shawl and white hat with pink feather. Fashion Plate via John Belle's La Belle Assemblée or, Bell's Court and Fashionable Magazine, London.
1819 February Pink Ball Dress, English. Underskirt with white lace hem
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