It wouldn't be fair to let a month go by, without a peek at the fashions since I was fortunate enough to purchase La Belle Assemblee for 1813, I have been posting pictures from exactly 200 years ago.
Our Fashionista has this to say in general terms:
The winter has now completely set in, and our elegantes cannot, as formerly, be charged with a want of sufficient clothing: no bare elbows or thin muslin dresses are now seen in the out-door costume; on the contrary, our very fashionable belles are apt to run into an opposite extreme, and we have observed some winter habiliments which would be very suitable to the Russian climate.A bit of sarcasm, perhaps?
Described as follows:
Made of the richest orange or amber twilled sarsnet, lined with ermine, the collar, cape and cuffs are also of ermine. In the form of this dress there is nothing peculiarly novel, but its general effect is strikingly elegant and highly appropriate to the season. The waist is very short, and the sleeves not quite so loose as they have been worn. Small turn-up hat of the same materials as the pelisse, superbly ornamented with white ostrich feathers and tied under the chin with a ribband to correspond. White kid shoes and gloves.
We have another December fashion plate to share next time. Until then, Happy Rambles
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