Women's Fashion

Dressing for Mourning in the Regency

The rules and fashions of Regency mourning

Cloaks, Capes, Pelisses and Spencers:

Outerwear for Regency Ladies. 

Undress, Half Dress, Full Dress: Making Sense of It All

The Gowns in Elizabeth Bennet's Wardrobe....

Preparations for a Ball: Regency Style

An excerpt by author Linore Rose Burkard

Dressing for the Seaside

What to wear at a fashionable Regency Resort

Modesty and the Regency Miss

Was it really fashionable to be "expensively and nakedly dressed"?

Afternoon Dress

The appeal of the promenade dress...

Evening Gowns

A collection of period fashion plates with descriptions

Dresssing for the Opera

What fashionable ladies wore to the Theatre

Fashionable Ballgowns

An array of popular styles from 1800-1824

Muffs and Tippets

Keeping snug in colder weather...

The Masked Ball

The History, the Costumes, the Drama!