Costume Parisien & Modes etc.

Costume Parisien, Men's Fashion Plate (Empire)

Costume Parisien, Ackermann's

Costume Parisien, Empire/Regency Fashion Plates

La Belle Assemblee always has a problem with women's bossoms.

Etching of a Regency Dance

Regency Man in Oxford Graduation Robes

This is just a beautiful engraving.  The original is 12"; I shrunk it a little.

BACHELOR of ARTS

Regency Dresses from Lady's Magazine

Not nearly as well engraved or tinted as Ackermann's or La Belle Assemblee, and the paper quality quite grainy.  But they've held up pretty well for 200 years!

Ladies' Magazine, Regency Fashion Plates

Ladies' Magazine, Regency Fashion Plates

More Georgian-era Fashions.

I am unsure when these were published, probably early 1800's.

Georgian era Fashion Plates

Ackermann's Fashion Plates, Morning Dresses

Ackermann's Repository of Fashion, Regency Fashion Plate

Ackermann's Repository of Fashion, Regency Fashion Plate

Ackermann's Regency Fashion Prints with Children

Ackermann's Fashion Prints, Regency Fashion Prints Pretty sure the child in Red on the left is a boy in "long pants"? Or Jammies?

Some non-Ackermanns/Parisien fashion plates

Children's fashion plates from Costume Parisien

The plate on the left is a little boy.

They're surprisingly similar, aren't they?

Equestrian Ladies from Costume Parisien

I colorized the plate on the right- my original was so faded, everything was greyish-yellow, except the lady's green shoes and bright scarf.  Also, I added some color to the fur hat on the left.

Another Costume Parisien MEN's Fashion 1817-1820

Couple of cuties

Here are two, make that four - now six- more Men's Regency (Empire) Fashion.  One coat in the Russian style, another announces a new type of ... hat?

From Georgette Heyer's "BLACK SHEEP" -Ackermann's & Costume Parisien "Walking Dress" & "Carriage Dress"

"... no one had ever cast a slur on Selina's eye for the elegant and the becoming. In her youth she had been the least good-looking but the most modish of the Wendover girls; in her middle age, and endowed with an easy competence, she enjoyed the reputation of being the best-dressed woman in Bath. If Fanny did not, like Abby, seek her advice, she was shrewd enought to respect her judgment; so that when, presently, she showed Selina the sketch of a grossly overtrimmed walking-dress, her secret longing to be see abroad in this confection was nipped in the bud by Selina's devastating criticism.

"Oh dear!" said Selina, wrinkling her nose in distaste. "All those frill, and tucks, and ribbons–! So–so deedy!"

So nothing more ws seen of that fashion-plate ..."

Ackermann's Fashion Plate, 1823

I think this is one of the prettiest fashion plates I have.  Even tho the background is white, the artist gives one the impression of a lady walking in the dark.  It's also one of the best preserved plates, a bit yellowed with time, but no spots or stains, very clean.  The lady in pink is another favorite.

Regency Christmas Cards

Here are a couple more cards I made for the Heyer (Almacks) Reading list, way back when.  I bacame ill a few years ago and dropped off the list.  I may rejoin if they'll have me, starting with the Almacks (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/almacks/) list.  

Meanwhile, I'll keep posting the fashion plates, in this case, I modified some to make Christmas Cards.

Costume Parisien

Lady's Magazine Fashion Print

My Lady's Magazine prints are very yellowed, and a bit spotty; so it takes a little time to clean them up.  I think I'll show a few "as is",  We'll see.  Here's another one.    Coming: a few Mystery engravings.

La Belle Assemblee Fashion Plate

 

The "La Bell Assemblee" prints are very spotty, perhaps mildewed, so I had to do a lot of cleaning up. The next one is in perfect condition: I'm not sure its an original or a later reprint. The paper seems similar to the others, but I can't tell for sure.  The original engravings are very detailed and beautiful, tho not colored like Ackermann's & all the other fashion plates.  I really like the caps: they aren't really well described in fiction, and when reading, say, a Georgette Heyer novel, I tend to imagine the Hollywood "maid's cap".  Apparently they could be quite  detailed and elegant.  Women in those days nearly always wore hats or caps.  It was a bit "fast" to go bear-headed!  And to go around bare-headed and with the hair hanging down: Ooo La! La!  Very naughty.

First Print.

Lady's Magazine fashion plates, early 1800's (Regency)

Costumes Parisiens, and Costume Parisien

Some equestrian fashion plates.