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1795-1810 ca. Roller Printed Dress. Jane Austen style Regency Fashion. 

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1795-1810 ca. Roller Printed Dress, English. Empire style, high-waisted, roller printed dress with skirt gathered at the back to create a full skirt and with simple V-necked bodice and long sleeves.  Sleeves are closed with a narrow band of fabric which fastens with a hook and eye. via Victoria and Albert Museum, London, UK.  1810 ca. Sewing of Gown. 1795-1799 ca. Fabric Block Printing. Pattern of floral trails blends influences from Indian-painted and printed textiles, and woven silks, a style which remained popular until the end of18th century.

The pattern of floral trails seen on the printed fabric of this gown exhibits a blend of influences from Indian-painted and printed textiles, and woven silks, a style which remained popular until the end of the 18th century. The sleeves of this gown are closed with a narrow band of fabric, which fastens with a hook and eye.

The dress is styled with a high-waisted , fitted bodice, which fastens centrally. The neck, which is trimmed with a 1″ frill of matching material, is rounded a the back and V-shaped at the front. The bodice is lined with white cotton which extends 1/3 of the way down the full length tapered sleeves. A trimming decorations is attached to the wrist of the right sleeve (made from the same material and lined with white cotton), which fastens with a metal hook and eye at the hip. The skirt has an ‘apron’ style front with fastening tapes attached to either side, in addition to this there are vertical pocket slits situated at either side of the skirt measuring 11″. The front and rear sides of the skirt are constructed from one width of fabric – 39.5″ wide. The waistline at the back of the skirt is gathered a the centre and is constructed from two pieces of material measuring 46″ wide.

The cotton has blue threads in the selvedges denoting English origin, and is block printed in a polychrome palette with pencilled blue on a white ground. The design consists of an all-over pattern of delicate floral trails of carnations, pinks an other stylised flowers interspersed by vertical arborescent meanders bearing exotic fruits and stylised flowers. The pattern repeat measures 10.5″ by 10″.

1795-1810 ca. Gown, English, 1810 ca. Sewing of Gown. 1795-1799 ca. Fabric Block Printing. Pattern of floral trails blends influences from Indian-painted and printed textiles, and woven silks, a style which remained popular until the end of18th century. Sleeves closed with narrow band of fabric, which fastens with hook and eye. collections.vam.ac.uk
1795-1810 ca. Gown, English, 1810 ca. Sewing of Gown. 1795-1799 ca. Fabric Block Printing. Pattern of floral trails blends influences from Indian-painted and printed textiles, and woven silks, a style which remained popular until the end of18th century. Sleeves closed with narrow band of fabric, which fastens with hook and eye. collections.vam.ac.uk
1795-1810 ca. Gown, English, 1810 ca. Sewing of Gown. 1795-1799 ca. Fabric Block Printing. Pattern of floral trails blends influences from Indian-painted and printed textiles, and woven silks, a style which remained popular until the end of18th century. Sleeves closed with narrow band of fabric, which fastens with hook and eye. collections.vam.ac.uk
1795-1810 ca. Gown, English, 1810 ca. Sewing of Gown. 1795-1799 ca. Fabric Block Printing. Pattern of floral trails blends influences from Indian-painted and printed textiles, and woven silks, a style which remained popular until the end of18th century. Sleeves closed with narrow band of fabric, which fastens with hook and eye. collections.vam.ac.uk
1795-1810 ca. Gown, English, 1810 ca. Sewing of Gown. 1795-1799 ca. Fabric Block Printing. Pattern of floral trails blends influences from Indian-painted and printed textiles, and woven silks, a style which remained popular until the end of18th century. Sleeves closed with narrow band of fabric, which fastens with hook and eye. collections.vam.ac.uk
1795-1810 ca. Gown, English, 1810 ca. Sewing of Gown. 1795-1799 ca. Fabric Block Printing. Pattern of floral trails blends influences from Indian-painted and printed textiles, and woven silks, a style which remained popular until the end of18th century. Sleeves closed with narrow band of fabric, which fastens with hook and eye. collections.vam.ac.uk
1795-1810 ca. Roller Printed Dress. Jane Austen style Regency Fashion. #RegencyFashion #georgianfashion #janeausten https://books2read.com/SuziLoveFashionWomen1800 Share on X
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What shoes did the Bridgertons and Jane Austen wear? Gray Slippers, American, with long ankle ties. #JaneAusten #Bridgerton #shoes #regencyfashion

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What shoes did the Bridgertons and Jane Austen wear? Gray Slippers, American, with long ankle ties.

Typical Regency Era women’s footwear as worn by Jane Austen and her contemporaries and by the Bridgerton family were shoes that had low heels, slightly rounded toes, embellished with a bow and with ribbon ties for the ankles. Shoe styles and shapes were generally very plain but then shoes began to be made in bright colors to match the colorful Empire style, or high-waisted, gowns. Plus, as gowns were lighter and floatier, glimpses could be had of these new pretty shoes. Ribbons, rosettes and other decorative. embellishments allowed ladies to personalize shoes.

shoes_19th Century Early. Flat Slippers, American. Gray silk with long ankle ties. via Metropolitan Museum New York City, U.S.A.
shoes_19th Century Early. Flat Slippers, American. Gray silk with long ankle ties. via Metropolitan Museum New York City, U.S.A.
shoes_19th Century Early. Flat Slippers, American. Gray silk with long ankle ties. via Metropolitan Museum New York City, U.S.A.
shoes_19th Century Early. Flat Slippers, American. Gray silk with long ankle ties. via Metropolitan Museum New York City, U.S.A.
shoes_19th Century Early. Flat Slippers, American. Gray silk with long ankle ties. via Metropolitan Museum New York City, U.S.A.
shoes_19th Century Early. Flat Slippers, American. Gray silk with long ankle ties. via Metropolitan Museum New York City, U.S.A.
What shoes did the Bridgertons and Jane Austen wear? 19th Century early Gray Slippers, American, with long ankle ties. #JaneAusten #Bridgerton #shoes #regencyfashion https://books2read.com/SuziLoveFashionWomen1801-1804 Share on X

1800s White Evening Dress With Long Train As Jane Austen Would Have Worn. #RegencyFashion #BritishHistory #JaneAusten

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1800s White Evening Dress. Long train on the dress, gold sash, evening hair style, and carrying a fan. via The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

Definition Empire Style Dress:  Named after the First Empire in France. Empire dresses had a low neckline and skirts started directly under the bust and flowed into the classical relaxed wide styles of Greece and Rome. This style of dress is associated with Jane Austen and her contemporaries as a high-waisted dress was worn most days. Cotton, silk or taffeta were the popular fabrics. Only the very wealthy could afford white dress in this style as the cottons were imported from India and had to be carefully cleaned, usually by a lady’s maid.

1800s White Evening Dress. Long train on the dress, gold sash, evening hair style, and carrying a fan. The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
1800s White Evening Dress. Long train on the dress, gold sash, evening hair style, and carrying a fan. The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

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1790-1820 ca. Embroidered Cream Net Fichus, Or Shoulder Shawls. #Regency #Fashion #JaneAusten

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1790-1820 ca. Fichus, Or Shoulder Shawls. Short and Long. Embroidered Cream Net Fichus as worn by ladies in the times of Jane Austen. via Whitaker Auction whitakerauction.smugmug.com

Definition Fichu: Triangular piece of lace, muslin, or other cloth worn about the neck and cleavage to fill in a low bodice or neckline and preserve a lady’s modesty. From the French ‘thrown over’. The Bridgerton family and Jane Austen and her female family and friends would have worn a Fichu over a light muslin dress for both warmth and modesty.

1790-1820 ca. Embroidered Cream Net Fichus, Or Shoulder Shawls. #Regency #Fashion
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1808 Blue Redingote Over A White Dress. Green turban and lace veils. #RegencyEra #JaneAusten #Hats #Fashion

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1808 Two Bodi1808 Blue Redingote Over A White Dress. Green turban and lace veils. Bodice. 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 Blue Redingote Over A White Dress. Green turban and lace veils. Bodice. Fashion Plate via Journal des Dames et des Modes, or Costume Parisien.
1808 Blue Redingote Over A White Dress. Green turban and lace veils. Bodice. Fashion Plate via Journal des Dames et des Modes, or Costume Parisien.
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1802 Empire Style, Or High-Waisted, White Dress With Train and Lace Cap, French. #JaneAusten #RegencyEra #Fashion

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1802 White Dress, French. Long burgundy shawl, white lace cap and yellow gloves. Fashion Plate via Journal des Dames et des Modes, or Costume Parisien.https://books2read.com/SuziLoveFashionWomen1801-1804

The type of dress worn across Europe in the early 1800s. This sort of high-waisted dress would have been worn by Jane Austen and her contemporaries in England. The Empire waist gown defined women’s fashion during the Regency Era. ‘Empire’ is the name given in France to the period when Napoleon built his French Empire. High-waisted, loose gowns were adopted by the aristocracy as a symbol of turning away from the fussy, elaborate and expensive clothing worn in the 1700s.

1802 White Dress, French. Long burgundy shawl, white lace cap and yellow gloves. Fashion Plate via Journal des Dames et des Modes, or Costume Parisien.
1802 White Dress, French. Long burgundy shawl, white lace cap and yellow gloves. Fashion Plate via Journal des Dames et des Modes, or Costume Parisien.
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1800s Early Three Empire Style Dresses As Worn by Jane Austen. #RegencyEra #Germany #JaneAusten

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Early 1800’s Three Dresses, German. Three dresses showing the new simplistic and relaxed Grecian look. Soft floating fabrics, high- waisted, or Empire style, waist lines with wrist length or short puffed sleeves. Via landeskunde-online.de.

Definition Empire Style:  Named after the First Empire in France, by 1800 Empire dresses had a very low décolleté, or neckline and a short narrow backed bodice attached to a separate skirt. Skirts started directly under the bust and flowed into the classical relaxed wide styles of Greece and Rome. This style of dress is associated with Jane Austen and her contemporaries as a simple cotton high-waisted dress was worn most days and accessorized according to the importance of the occasion.

Early 1800's Three Dresses, German. Three dresses showing the new simplistic and relaxed Grecian look. Soft floating fabrics, high- waisted, or Empire style, waist lines with wrist length or short puffed sleeves. Via landeskunde-online.de
Early 1800’s Three Dresses, German. Three dresses showing the new simplistic and relaxed Grecian look. Soft floating fabrics, high- waisted, or Empire style, waist lines with wrist length or short puffed sleeves. Via landeskunde-online.de
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1802 Bridgerton and Jane Austen Style Dress Bodices and Two Cute Bonnets. #Bridgertons#Regency #Hats #JaneAusten

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1802 Two Bodices, French. Two bonnets, one with a veil. Fashion Plate via Journal des Dames et des Modes, or Costume Parisien. https://books2read.com/SuziLoveFashionWomen1801-1804

1802 Two Bodices, French. Two bonnets, one with a veil. Fashion Plate via Journal des Dames et des Modes, or Costume Parisien.
1802 Two Bodices, French. Two bonnets, one with a veil. Fashion Plate via Journal des Dames et des Modes, or Costume Parisien.
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1816 White short length dancing dress as worn by the Bridgertons and Jane Austen. Multiple frills above hem and a black bodice. #Bridgerton #RegencyEra #JaneAusten #HistoricalFashion

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1816 Ball Dress, French, as worn by the Bridgertons and Jane Austen. White short length dancing dress, multiple frills above hem, black bodice with a back bow, hair braided and pinned into an upswept evening style. Fashion Plate  via  Journal des Dames et des Modes, or Costume Parisien.

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 of light fabric and floaty in style and often of a shorter length suitable for dancing.

1816 Ball Dress, French. White short length dancing dress, multiple frills above hem, black bodice with a back bow, hair braided and pinned into an upswept evening style.Fashion Plate via Journal des Dames et des Modes, or Costume Parisien.
1816 Ball Dress, French. White short length dancing dress, multiple frills above hem, black bodice with a back bow, hair braided and pinned into an upswept evening style.Fashion Plate via Journal des Dames et des Modes, or Costume Parisien.
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1809 Women’s Fashions: Dresses, Shawls, Hats and Jewelry. #Regency #JaneAusten #Fashion

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1809 Women’s Fashions: Dresses, Shawls, Hats and Jewelry from various fashion magazines. Typical of the outfits worn by Jane Austen and her contemporaries for daytime and evening activities. An Empire style, or high-waisted white cotton dress worn under a Spencer or short jacket, a Redingote, or coat, for warmth and with pretty hats, shawls and shoes.

  • 1809 White Dress with a Fichu with a High Frill, French. Green patterned shawl, green shoes, green Levantine hat. Fashion Plate via Journal des Dames et des Modes, Costume Parisien. suzilove.com
    1809 White Dress with a Fichu
  • 1809 White Dress, French. Paisley shawl and a blue wreath in her hair, the hairstyle of a young lady. Fashion Plate via suzilove.com and Journal des Dames et des Modes, or Costume Parisien.
    1809 White Dress, French.
  • 1809 White Dress, French. Curly Hairstyle à la Titus, tan shawl. Fashion Plate via suzilove.com and Journal des Dames et des Modes, or Costume Parisien.
    1809 White Dress, French.
  • 1809 White Ball Dress, French. Evening Hat with a high feather, chain with a cross around her neck, evening slippers, handkerchief. Fashion Plate via suzilove.com and Journal des Dames et des Modes, or Costume Parisien.
    1809 White Ball Dress, French.
  • 1809 March. Walking Dress, English. Pale blue tunic worn over a white dress and with an unusual blue hat trimmed in yellow to match the tunic. Carrying a matching blue reticule and wearing blue slippers and yellow gloves. Engraved Plate via Rudolph Ackermann's 'The Repository' of Arts. via Google Books (PD-150) suzilove.com
    1809 March. Walking Dress, English.
  • 1809 Unusual Twisted Sleeves On A White High-Waisted Dress, French. Straw hat shaped like a Cornette. Fashion Plate via suzilove.com and Journal des Dames et des Modes, or Costume Paris
  • 1809 Red Coral Necklace. Striped gown made of Levantine and decorated with shells around the hem, French. Very wide bodice, short sleeves, long gloves, and a red turban hat. Fashion Plate via suzilove.com and Journal des Dames et des Modes, or Costume Parisien.
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