{"id":15042,"date":"2026-09-22T20:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-22T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/suzilove.wordpress.com\/?p=15042"},"modified":"2026-09-13T10:46:01","modified_gmt":"2026-09-13T00:46:01","slug":"1810-ca-empire-style-or-high-waisted-silk-dress-probably-french-regency-fashion-janeausten","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.suzilove.com\/?p=15042","title":{"rendered":"1810 ca. Empire Style, Or High-Waisted, Silk Dress, Probably French. #Regency #Fashion #JaneAusten"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"> 1810 ca. Silk Dress, Probably French. High-waisted, or Empire line, dress with long straight sleeves, back opening, embroidery on neck frill and multiple rows of embroidery on the hem. via Metropolitan Museum New York City, U.S.A. ~ metmuseum.org<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Definition Empire Style Dress:\u00a0 <\/strong>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&#8217;s maid. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/books2read.com\/SuziLoveFashion1810-1814\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/suzilove.files.wordpress.com\/2021\/05\/1810_silkdressprobablyfrench_metmuseum_embroidery_lge_lge_lge_sml.jpg?w=502\" alt=\"1810 ca. Silk Dress, Probably French. 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High-waisted, or Empire line, dress with long straight sleeves, back opening, embroidery on neck frill and multiple rows of embroidery on the hem. via Metropolitan Museum New York City, U.S.A. ~ metmuseum.org\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/books2read.com\/SuziLoveFashion1810-1814\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/suzilove.files.wordpress.com\/2021\/05\/1810_silkdressprobablyfrench_metmuseum_front_lge_lge_lge_sml.jpg?w=420\" alt=\"1810 ca. Silk Dress, Probably French. High-waisted, or Empire line, dress with long straight sleeves, back opening, embroidery on neck frill and multiple rows of embroidery on the hem. via Metropolitan Museum New York City, U.S.A. ~ metmuseum.org\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/books2read.com\/SuziLoveFashion1810-1814\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/suzilove.files.wordpress.com\/2021\/05\/1810_silkdressprobablyfrench_metmuseum_fabric_lge_lge_lge_sml.jpg?w=468\" alt=\"1810 ca. Silk Dress, Probably French. High-waisted, or Empire line, dress with long straight sleeves, back opening, embroidery on neck frill and multiple rows of embroidery on the hem. via Metropolitan Museum New York City, U.S.A. ~ metmuseum.org\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/books2read.com\/SuziLoveFashion1810-1814\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/suzilove.files.wordpress.com\/2021\/05\/1810_silkdressprobablyfrench_metmuseum_bodice_lge_lge_sml.jpg?w=700\" alt=\"1810 ca. Silk Dress, Probably French. High-waisted, or Empire line, dress with long straight sleeves, back opening, embroidery on neck frill and multiple rows of embroidery on the hem. via Metropolitan Museum New York City, U.S.A. ~ metmuseum.org\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/books2read.com\/SuziLoveFashion1810-1814\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/suzilove.files.wordpress.com\/2021\/05\/1810_silkdressprobablyfrench_metmuseum_backopening_lge_lge_lge_sml.jpg?w=394\" alt=\"1810 ca. Silk Dress, Probably French. 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