A Frivolous Folly

damesalamode:

Ackerman’s Repository.  Promenade dress, January 1814. 

Fluffy!

damesalamode:

Journal des Dames et des Modes, 1801. 

I LOVE this dress- the bold color, the pattern, everything!

disturbthebookmites:

Yorkshire, England.

regencyera:

Painting of a family game of checkers (“jeu des dames”) by French artist Louis-Léopold Boilly, ca. 1803 (via titam)

ibelieveithoughtonlyofyou:

Mr. Darcy: (…) Having trodden her dainty feet all over your heart, I’ll bet the ranch she then made some crack about you being ungentlemanly.
Mr. Thornton: Oh yes – I got that off both barrels.
Mr. Darcy:  Thought so. Me too. Classic ‘get-lost-you-lowlife’ tactic. I take it you exited stage right in a bigger hurry than you arrived?
Mr. Thornton: I did.
Mr. Darcy: And then your own family started getting on the case and, before you knew where you were, you’d got some funereal old bird giving you the yap about how your bride of choice was, in fact, Satan in petticoats.
Mr. Thornton: Yeah, my mother did have one or two things to say on the subject.
Mr. Darcy:  I had an aunt sticking her beak in. Did your girlfriend get a visit from the old crone?
Mr. Thornton: She certainly did.
Mr. Darcy:  I knew it. And did the light of your life give the old dear a flea for her trouble?
Mr. Thornton: Yep. Big time.
Mr. Darcy:  Your woman-of-choice and mine aren’t sisters by any chance are they? She’s got a load of sisters, I lose count…

 This just made my day…

(via sinkme)

damesalamode:

Ackermann’s Repository, Evening Dress, March 1814. 

Ooooh that green!

mollycuddy:

“The Little Volounteer and Young Sailors” by R. M. Paye (1799)

(via fuckyeahageofsail)

beyondthegoblincity:

Woman’s dress, circa 1805 - 1810. Made in England.

fuckyeahregency:

yeoldefashion:

A 1797 gold striped overdress over a typical white regency dress shows the last remnants of the robe and petticoat mode of fashion that dominated the 18th century.

(via fairytalesandfrills)

damesalamode:

Journal des Dames et des Modes, 1799.  

Perfect!

dailyreenactor:

IMG_1170 by Mme. du Jard on Flickr.

adventures-of-the-blackgang:

Nelson’s Last Voyage 

Description: Print of the royal barge carrying Admiral Nelson’s body along the River Thames from Greenwich to Whitehall; 1806

Every time I see this all I can think of is poor Hornblower trying to keep everything in order for the funeral.

damesalamode:

Journal des Dames et des Modes, 1823. 

This has everything I love about the early 1820s- the bold color, the dropped waist, the magnificent silhouette- so flattering!- and the masterful use of self-trim!  Perfection.