Category Archives: 1800s women’s fashion

1810-1850 ca. Cotton Corset With Whalebone Busk as worn in Jane Austen and Bridgerton Times. #janeausten #bridgerton #RegencyEra #Corset #VictorianEra

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1810-1850 ca. Cotton Corset With Whalebone Busk, American. Straps tie at the front. Center front has a busk Chanel to insert a whalebone to keep the corset stiff and in place. There is extra stitching on the corset to give more shape and extra reinforcing to keep the corset upright and the dress worn over it smooth and flat. Marking stamped on the lining, ‘Jane Laney’ and Mrs. Bishop, Corset Maker, 108 Hudson St., New. York, USA. via Metropolitan Museum New York City, U.S.A. metmuseum.org

Surviving stays, or corsets as they became to be called in the nineteenth century, show that both longline and shorter corsets were worn and that they were made of cotton, silk and sateen. A lot of these corsets were front fastening, plus many were laced at both the front and the back so our aristocratic fictional heroines could indeed dress and undress themselves without the assistance of a maid.

Definition Busk: Central panel in a corset to give it extra shape. Made from wood, bone which was usually whalebone, ivory, and in the latter 1800s from metal.

corset_1810-1850 ca. Cotton Corset, American. Straps tie at the front. Center front has a busk channel to insert whalebone stiffening and stitching for extra shaping. via Metropolitan Museum New York City, U.S.A.
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1760 – 1800 ca. Jane Austen style Pink Enamel and Copper Necessaire With Tools, Staffordshire, England. #Jane Austen #GeorgianEra #RegencyEra #Antiques

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1760-1800 ca. Pink Enamel and Copper Necessaire Or Etui, Staffordshire, England. Dimensions: 3 3/4 x 1 5/8 in. (9.5 x 4.1 cm) Credit: Pierpont Morgan, 1917 via Metropolitan Museum, N.Y.C., U.S.A. metmuseum.org

Definition Necessaire Or Etui: Small toiletry, writing, or sewing containers were called Necessaire or Etui: Tiny boxes or containers were carried in large castles or sprawling manor houses so a lady or gentleman had their essentials with them all day. They were also important when traveling by coach, trains, or on ships where space was always limited. A necessaire or Etui was easily carried in a bag, reticule, or pocket so essentials were on hand for personal grooming, to repair a ripped hem, replace a button, to embroider, or to write a note or letter.  

writing_Necessaire_1760-1800 ca. Pink Enamel and Copper Necessaire, Staffordshire, England. Dimensions: 3 3/4 x 1 5/8 in. (9.5 x 4.1 cm) Credit Line: Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917 via Metropolitan Museum, N.Y.C., U.S.A. metmuseum.org
1760 – 1800 ca. Jane Austen style Pink Enamel and Copper Necessaire With Tools, Staffordshire, England. #Jane Austen #GeorgianEra #RegencyEra #Antiques books2read.com/suziloveBoxesCases Share on X

 

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Jane Austen 1817 Northanger Abbey. “There is nothing I would not do for those who are really my friends. I have no notion of loving people by halves, it is not my nature.” #JaneAusten #RegencyEra #Quotation

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“There is nothing I would not do for those who are really my friends. I have no notion of loving people by halves, it is not my nature.” Jane Austen ~ Northanger Abbey (1817) #JaneAusten #RegencyEra #Quotation

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1830s Lady In A Corset At Her Dressing Table. French Fashion Plate.#Fashion #Corset #Romantic

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1830s Lady In A Corset At Her Dressing Table. Fashion Plate via Modes de Paris.

Romantic Era women’s corsets supported plus fitted well to give a fashionable silhouette. Becoming a fashion item, rather than simply hidden underclothing.
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“Indulge your imagination in every possible flight.” Jane Austen Pride and Prejudice (1813) #JaneAusten #RegencyEra #Quote

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“Indulge your imagination in every possible flight.” Jane Austen Pride and Prejudice (1813) #JaneAusten #RegencyEra #Quote

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1804 Fawn Drap Riding Habit with high waist and train in Jane Austen style. #RegencyEra #JaneAusten #HistoricalFashion

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1804 Fawn Drap Riding Habit in Jane Austen style. High-waisted dress with a full skirt and train, skirt buttoned at the side, long straight sleeves, velvet snug hat, Fichu around her neck, riding crop, two views of hairstyles. Fashion Plate via Journal des Dames et des Modes, or Costume Parisien.

Male tailors made most women’s riding habits during the Regency years and they were constructed similarly to men’s riding outfits. Generally in two pieces, a jacket and a skirt, and with a shirt with a frilled collar or front opening underneath. The trains of a habit could be caught up for walking, usually with a button and loop, and unhooked and let down so that the skirt flowed over the woman’s legs when she rode side saddle. Due to the numerous wars during the early 1800s, it was seen as patriotic for women to add military style touches to outfits in support of military men. The shoulder and cuff trims resemble the epaulettes and coat trims of a military uniform.

1804 Fawn Drap Riding Habit, French. High-waisted dress with a full skirt and train. Velvet snug Hat, Fichu around her neck, riding crop. Views of hairstyles. via Journal des Modes
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1817 May Pink Evening Dress and Dancing Slippers, English. #Regency #JaneAusten #Fashion

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1817 May Pink Evening Dress, English. A white lace dress over a blush-coloured satin slip. The dress is disposed round the bottom of the skirt in festoons, which display a little of the slip; each festoon is ornamented with a bouquet of blue-belles, pinks, and rose-buds. The festoons are surmounted by a rollio of intermingled pink and white saton. We refer to our print for the form of the body, which is novel and tasteful. The sleeve is very short and full; it is finished at the bottom by quillings of blond. The hair is dressed in a plain braid across the face, and a few loose ringlets at the sides. The hind hair forms a tuft, which is concealed by the head-dress, a high wreath of fancy flowers. Pearl necklace. White kid slippers and gloves. Fashion Plate via Rudolph Ackermann’s ‘The Repository of Arts’.

1817 May Pink Evening Dress, English. Bottom is prettily decorated and the hem is caught up with roses to match the head dress. Long gloves and dancing slippers. Fashion Plate via Rudolph Ackermann's 'The Repository of Arts'.
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1895 Nursing Corset, French, From American Catalogue. #Corset #VictorianEra #VictorianFashion #USA

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1895 Nursing Corset, French. via Montgomery Ward and co. Catalogue. Boned, soft and pliable busts, French sateen covered strips.

Definition Montgomery Ward:  World first American mail order business and later a department store chain that operated between 1872 and 2001. 

Corsets 1880-1900 History Notes Book 20 This book shows how a fashionable silhouette became of paramount importance and how a well-fitted corset became a fashion essential. As well as a decorative fashion item,  tight lacing gave a narrow waist and the desired feminine form under clothing. https://books2read.com/SuziLoveCorsetBook20

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1820-1840 ca. White Moire Silk Purse Or Reticule Or Bag With Silk Embroidery, France. #France #RegencyEra #RomanticEra #reticule

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1820-1840 ca. Reticule, Or Purse, France. Bag of plain weave white moiré silk embroidered in colored silks using satin, stem, knot and couching stitches. Shape is five-sided, flat, with a scalloped top. Borders of flower wreaths. Embroidered on one side with a greyhound and with a long-tailed bird on the other. Worked as two separate panels, joined. Lined in pale blue taffeta. Blue and white silk cord. via Cooper Hewitt, New York City, USA. collection.cooperhewitt.org

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. http://books2read.com/suziloveReticules

1820-1840 ca. Reticule, or Purse, France. Silk embroidery using satin, stem, knot and couching stitches on plain weave moire silk, with handle and tassels. via Cooper Hewitt, New York City, USA. collection.cooperhewitt.org http://books2read.com/suziloveReticules
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19th Century Early. Jane Austen and Bridgerton Style Blue Leather Boots, Probably British. #Bridgerton #RegencyEra #JaneAusten #Shoes

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19th Century Early. Ladies blue leather boots, Probably British. Side inserts and loops for pulling up. The style of boots the Bridgerton ladies and Jane Austen and her contemporaries would have worn when walking in the countryside. via Metropolitan Museum, NYC, U.S.A. metmuseum.org

19th Century Early. Ladies blue leather boots, Probably British. Side inserts and loops for pulling up. The style of boots the Bridgerton ladies and Jane Austen and her contemporaries would have worn when walking in the countryside. via Metropolitan Museum, NYC, U.S.A. metmuseum.org
19th Century Early. Ladies blue leather boots, Probably British. Side inserts and loops for pulling up. The style of boots the Bridgerton ladies and Jane Austen and her contemporaries would have worn when walking in the countryside. via Metropolitan Museum, NYC, U.S.A. metmuseum.org
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