1817 March. Opera Dress, English. Blue dress with flowers around the hem above a lace frill, long draping shawl, blue hat with white feather. The sort of outfit Jane Austen and her contemporaries would wear for an evening at the opera or theatre. Fashion Plate via Rudolph Ackermann’s ‘The Repository of Arts’.

1817 March. Blue Opera Dress And Hat. #Regency #JaneAusten #Fashion

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