In a message dated 3/27/2006 10:44:19 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
The pattern for this gown is in Norah Waughs Cut of Womens Clothes diagram XXXIV Open Gown c. 1795. Yes, and please note that, strictly speaking, this is not Regency period. We already discussed on this list that, as Jane Austen first wrote the book in the 1790s (although it was published later), evidently the designer opted to costume it in this period. While technically, the English Regency was 1811-1820, I think most of us who interpret this period think of the styles being fairly similar from about 1800 on. The 1790s was more a transition period from 18th century to the full-blown Neo-classical styes. Ann Wass _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
