Regency Ramble

The weather is cooling down but the fashions are hotting up. What could be more Regency than this striped gown? From Ackermann's ...

Wishing you and your families and warm and wonderful weekend of celebrations

Fawkham Green in Kent or Fawkham is not likely a place you have ever heard of.  Indeed, in 17 97 it was described thusly: THIS PARISH is a...

Two hundred years ago the fashion looked like this. Morning Gown, November 1816, Ackermann's       A ROUND dress, composed of camb...

 Ball Gown - October 1816  Ackermann's Repository One cannot help loving the colour maiden-blush. A gown, composed of white gauze, o...

        Half Dress, from Ackermann's October 1815 A GOWN of lilac sarsnet, cut low round the bust, which is trimmed with pink ri...

         Today's offering reminds me of dessert. The description follows: EVENING DRESS A white British net dress over a whi...

A Half Dress Which is something you would wear around the house. I this it is very pretty. This one I want for one of my characters. ...

EVENING DRESS   - August 1816 from Ackermann's. You will not that we are presented with the back of the gown for some reason. Perhaps...

    MORNING DRESS from Ackermann's August 1816 A round dress, composed of jaconot muslin, finished round the bottom of the skirt b...

     From Ackermann's July 1816            OPERA DRESS. THIS dress is composed of white lace, and is worn over a rich soft white...

  A second lovely gown from our Mrs Gill of Cork Street, Burlington Gardens. I think you might agree that there is great similarity in th...

Bridal Gown from Ackermann's June 1816 This is one of the prettiest gowns we have seen for a while. Of particular note is the sta...

A Carriage Dress from Ackermann's for May 1816 A cambric slip, tucked very high, and finished at the bottom with a deep flounce of w...

Evening Gown May 1816    A WHITE satin slip, over which is a white lace dress, ornamented with three quillings of white lace on the skirt,...

Opera Dress Ackermann's April 1816 Oddly, this is almost exactly the same gown as the other plate for 1816.  I guess this really was...

Oops how did this happen. No fashion since April? Right. Sleeves rolled up. Back on it. I'll be posting couple a week until we are...

Introducing Bladen Read from More Than A Lover In stores April 19    Lots of giveaways and events happening. Here are some links: Now...

MORNING DRESS April 1816 - Ackermann's A ROUND dress composed of cambric, and finished at the bottom with a number of small tucks, ...

Starts April 1 More Than a Lover Will he unlace all of her secrets?  Former captain Bladen Read knows respectable Caroline Fa...