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This post is contributed by Celeste Sargent as part of the 1817 Regency Ball Blog Series.Have you been invited to a Regency Era Ball? Has your wardrobe fallen behind on the hottest 1817 England fa…

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Hi! I wrote this article as a guest-blogger for my friend's blog Laughing With Lizzie. Thought I would share it here too! My favori...

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Lovers of Jane Austen's novels can dress as one of her marvelous characters for a fancy dress party or for Halloween. Get your costume ideas, tips for hair styles and even how to make bonnets.

The Sunday night before Halloween, I decided I needed a new dress to wear at work on our Halloween, which was Thursday. Nothing in my admittedly extensive wardrobe felt quite right, plus, I was up for a challenge (hand sewn dress in four days!) and had some rather fabulous new red silk Robert Land boots that needed to be worn. The result--a Regency drop front dress from one of my first LA garment district purchases at my first Costume College in 2003. Construction details can be seen in this…

I had some extra time today, so I decided to start on my taffeta 1810s gown. The question is, what to do with it? I purchased this silk taffeta a couple of months ago from Burnley & Trowbridge with a general idea of what I wanted. A gown circa 1812-15 with a decent amount of trimmings, for some reason vandyking came to mind. It's a pale aqua with a small white pinstripe. After a few days of searching, I came across this image. The gown on the left not only has a very similar fabric, but has…

Attending the Netflix Bridgerton Ball at the Whitmore Hotel, Los Angeles. Regency era gowns, Jane Austen inspired, Historical accurate and cottagecore dresses with my best friends #bridgerton #regency #dress #gown

My first project of the year is done, and it wasn’t even planned! I started work on the red/white regency dress (an update will follow soon), and while I was working I noticed the fabric was …