Women's Fashion

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!

Fashions for October 1807 from La Belle Assemblee

"General Observations on the Most Prevailing Fashions..."

Fashions from December and January

Fashion plates from The Lady's Monthly Museum