#1820s

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Did stuff today!

Fashion Plates - Genesee Country Village & Museum

Browse the Fashion Plates folder from Genesee Country Village & Museum

The above link is to all of the fashion plates in the collection attributed to the Journal des Dames et des Modes, which are attributed as such because of meeeeee. And they are also transcribed and translated, because of meeeeee. (Except, on both counts, for a handful from the 1840s that I'm just seeing now were already there, which I'll have to look at tomorrow as the magazine closed in 1839.)

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Journal des Dames et des Modes, editie Frankfurt 16 Juin 1822, Costumes Parisiens (25). Collection of the Rijksmuseum, Netherlands

According to the accompanying text (pp. 679 and 680): Fig. 2: Walking outfit for a young lady. Lightly curled hairstyle. Muslin dress decorated with bouillons (gathered fabric puffs) and tulle insertion lace. Laine cachemire (cashmere) shawl with gold-colored loops. Paille d'Italie (Italian straw) hat decorated with boules de neige (rhododendrons) and a wide white satin ribbon. Diamond earrings. Yellow satin sash. Green gloves. White stockings and black shoes. Fig. 1: Outfit for a young man. Coat with metal buttons. Piqué waistcoat. Dessous (under-waistcoat?) of brown fabric with a red polka-dot pattern. Jaconet cravat. À la russe jabot. Long trousers (de Longchamp style) made of broadcloth. Thread stockings. Paille d'Irlande (Irish straw) top hat with a narrow brim. Blue gloves. Black escarpins (low-cut shoes) decorated with a rosette. Badine (slender walking stick). The print is part of the fashion magazine Journal des Dames et des Modes, published in Frankfurt as a copy of the French edition by Pierre de la Mésangère, Paris, 1797–1839.

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Journal des Dames et des Modes, Costumes Parisiens, 15 juin 1828, (2607): Chapeau de paille de riz orné de fleurs de sureau et de rubans de gaze. Redingote de mousseline à pélerine et garniture brodée. Collection of the Rijksmuseum, Netherlands

Hat of 'paille de riz' (rice straw) adorned with elderflowers and tulle ribbons. Muslin redingote with a pelerine and embroidered trim. Additional accessories: earrings, gloves, handkerchief, and flat shoes with crossed straps and square toes (cothurnes). The print is from the fashion magazine Journal des Dames et des Modes, published by Pierre de la Mésangère, Paris, 1797–1839.

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The gemstone in my every day jewelry set I bought of my antique seller/jeweller friend! It’s 200 years old! Black but red to the light. Surrounded by tiny pearls.

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How To Be The Perfect Regency Era Gentleman

The gentleman love interest is a staple of the historical romance genre, especially with works set in the Regency. From the works of Jane Austen to Bridgerton, a handsome gentleman has made heroines and readers alike swoon for years. But what actually made a gentleman like Mr. Darcy? Was it wealth? Title? Or was it something more? In this video we're going to learn all about what it took to be a gentleman in the regency.

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Arrival of the Watermen at Brandenburgh House (1821) by Matthew Dubourg. Yale Center for British Art.

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By such a train of argument did Leicester labour to reconcile his conscience to the prosecution of plans of vengeance, so hastily adopted, and of schemes of ambition, which had become so woven in with every purpose and action of his life, that he was incapable of the effort of relinquishing them; until his revenge appeared to him to wear a face of justice, and even of generous moderation.

Walter Scott, Kenilworth

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The lady cast a sidelong glance upon the great mirror as they passed it by, and then said, ‘I know not how it is, but I think not of my own person, while I look at the reflection of thine. Sit thou there,’ she said, as they approached the chair of state, ‘like a thing for men to worship and to wonder at.’

Walter Scott, Kenilworth