A charming 1820s dress featuring the high-waist style of the period is transformed into an elegant dinner dress with the simple removal of the detachable lower full-length sleeves.

An auction catalog with detailed images is available online and provides a wonderful opportunity to view 19th and 20th century fashions and accessories.

Explore the era brought to life in the romantic works of English novelist, Jane Austen. Featured are informative illustrated articles about the Regency Era – fashion, decorating and lifestyle. Highlighted is Regency era clothing for …

Drawing on the Museum of London’s holdings of royal costume, this book presents the clothing of Princess Charlotte and Queen Victoria including wedding dresses and coronation robes, as well as informal dresses, dressing gowns, parasols, bonnets, gloves and shoes.

Early 1800s fashions were not only elegant and pleasing to the eye, but were very comfortable.