Fashion Design

Regency Taste

From the taste and pastimes of Jane Austen's Regency gentlewomen, to the world of Bath Spa and Brighton Pavilion.

The importance of John Nash in the naming of Regency England

Regency Fashion

Napoleon Bonaparte's influence on fashion styles and decoration on dress. Josephine the trendsetter. Followed by a passion for Anglomania.

The Pelisse, Spencer and Redingote styles.

1800 Accessories

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A look at the most used accessories of the Regency Era. Tippets, Kashmir shawls, Reticules and hats.

Hair and Hats 1800-1840

The Romantic Era 1825-1845

A new silhouette with beret or gigot sleeves, Pelerine collars, Pelisses.

Underwear and hats.

Identifying the date of dresses of the Romantic era compared with dresses of the 1890s.

Social Changes Before 1815

Social history of the Agricultural and Industrial Revolutions highlighting new working conditions.

Agricultural smocks.

The Victorian Era

Fashion History

Victorian Society

Social history. The transition from Romantic to Victorian society. Queen Victoria's accession. The emergence of conditions and social classes. The importance of the railway network on ordinary lives and improved communications.

Early Victorian Fashion 1837-1860

Early Victorian fashion history overview. The changing silhouette and dating costumes in a long era. Fashion innovations, the cage crinoline and coal tar aniline dyes. Charles Worth and Haute Couture's birth.

Mid-Late Victorian Fashion 1860-1901

Victorian fashion history. The fashion silhouettes of 1860-1880, 1867-1875,