A Frivolous Folly

mmorrow:

Pride and Prejudice (1995)

adventures-of-the-blackgang:

I’ll reblog that for an upturned crate of tea, Alex…

feastingonroadkill:

George Cruikshank: ‘Liberty Suspended’ (1817)

Pride and Prejudice (1995)

dailyreenactor:

IMG_1213 by Mme. du Jard on Flickr.

fuckyeahtattoos:

One of my favorite fictional characters is The Scarlet Pimpernel. In the story, he’s an Englishman by the name of Sir Percival Blakeney, and he travels to France in disguise to save innocents from the guillotine during the French Revolution. He uses the moniker “The Scarlet Pimpernel,” because it is a common wayside flower, often overlooked as pretty but unimportant, when in actuality it is very hardy, and in some places considered a weed and nuisance. I’m a hopeless romantic at heart, so I love everything that Sir Percival Blakeney embodies in terms of romantic ideals. Also, I love the idea that when people see my tattoo, all they see is a pretty flower, failing to notice the hidden disguise.

Design is my own. Tattoo done at Jack Brown’s Tattoo Revival, Fredericksburg, VA.

(Source: youmissedthewholeshow, via mmorrow)

fuckyeahregency:

yeoldefashion:

A very simple, yet quite elegant, evening dress made in Canada around 1810.

yeoldefashion:

A lovely silk redingote made in the US circa 1815.

damesalamode:

Le Beau Monde, 1807. 

I love that her hair ornament that matches the trim on the gown!

(Source: fuckyeahcostumedrama)

ornamentedbeing:

Dress

The Met
Date   1805–10
Culture   French
Medium   silk

(via lambandserpent)

gloriousmadness:

So close, so far… by ~MadMonaLisa

damesalamode:

Ackermann’s Repository, Half Dress, November 1814. 

Green stripes!

fuckyeahregency:

defunctfashion:

Dress | c. 1810 | British

Perhaps the quintessential Regency gown.

fripperiesandfobs:

One of the ensembles from the new exhibit Napoleon and the Empire of Fashion. If you haven’t picked up the exhibit book yet, go now! Costume porn!

(via beyondthegoblincity)