#1790s fashion

[spitalfields-silk]

Woman's gown, English, 1790-1795, cream figured silk brocaded with blue flowers, 1780-89, Spitalfields; trimmed with eau-de-nil silk gimp

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Fooduary Day 25: Macaron

It is all about the pastels for macarons… it’s a staple of coquette aesthetics for a reason! So the origin of little almond cookies is a very old sort of idea however they gained fame as macarons in the 1790s so that’s what I’m sticking with! It helps that it’s a unique sort of fashion moment that suits my purposes. ;)

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[historical-fashion-polls]

[historical-beauty-lily]

Pride & Prejudice (2005) dir. Joe Wright

[monimarat]

Iconographie générale et méthodique du costume du IVe au XIXe siècle, 1869

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[cressida-jayoungr]

One Dress a Day Challenge

June: Weddings

The Scarlet Pimpernel (1982) / Anthony Andrews as Sir Percy Blakeney and Jane Seymour as Marguerite St. Just

Another well-coordinated wedding pair! I love the embroidery on Percy's lapels, and of course his neckerchief is beautifully arranged, with a jeweled pin to fasten it.

It's always a bit amusing to see hair ornaments in the tall 18th-century women's hairdos. Compare Keira Knightley in The Duchess, here.

[cajolions]

Paired Shimy with a Jadi! Starting to settle on 1790s as a fav in historical fashion

[historical-closet-raider]

Silken Saturday

Today's silken Saturday object is this 1790s muff from the V&A collection.

Description from the V&A website:

"Muff of ivory silk satin, lined with blue silk sarsenet and stuffed. It is embroidered with coloured silks and couched with silver filé and spangles, in a central motif of a floral bouquet tied with a ribbon, surrounded by floral borders. There is a casing set in from each edge, creating a ruffle at each end."

Muff | Unknown | V&A Explore The Collections (vam.ac.uk)

[peggy-elise]

Merle Oberon and Leslie Howard in The Scarlet Pimpernel 1934 💌

[fashion-plates]

Journal des Luxus und der Moden, 1792-1793

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[gogmstuff]

1790s Woman (Miss Frances Winnicobe?) by John Opie (Hermitage). From tumblr.com/artthatgivesmefeelings/690087093119188992/john-opie-cornish-1761-1807-portrait-of-a; fixed cracks, flaws, & spots w Pshop 1561X1999.

[artist-ellen]

Kitty (Catherine) Bennet

I really wondered about splitting the last two up... but why not i suppose. I’ve mentioned before how the 1790s were a time of confused/rapidly evolving fashion. The wild in-between of post-revolution and Empire waistlines. Great fun. This sort of gown that I’ve chosen for the youngest two is in that middle ground with the high waistlines, but closer to the fashions of earlier decades than for example Jane’s or Lizzy’s. It has a similar shape to that of Mary’s but is in bright fabrics with cheerful and traditionally feminine touches.

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[historical-fashion-polls]

[historical-beauty-lily]

Pride & Prejudice (2005) dir. Joe Wright

[theabominableseamstress]

Pierrot jacket. c. 1790. French. Kyoto Costume Institute.

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One Dress a Day Challenge

January: Red Redux

Love and Friendship / Kate Beckinsale as Lady Susan Vernon

In the country, Lady Susan continues to wear demure mourning gowns, but on a trip to London, she lets loose with this spectacular ruby-red satin.

Costume Designer Eimer Ni Mhaoldomhnaigh had this to say about the costumes for this film, which were apparently done on quite a tight budget:

"So this is a little novella that she [Jane Austen] wrote, one of the first things that she wrote, so it’s set earlier than most of her big novels like Pride and Prejudice and all of those. So we decided to set the film a little bit earlier also, like late 1780s or 1790s, so the fashion between 1790 or even the mid 1790s really changed quite dramatically. A lot of it was influenced by the French revolution, historical events that were happening at the time.... I really kind of pushed for setting it in the late 1780s. It’s a comedy as well, these big dresses, these really lend themselves to--there’s such a drama about those costumes. I just felt  that it would really add to the performance, the door would open and she went swoosh into the room (laugh) and this huge dress, o my gosh, these dresses are built for something like this, for drama and comedy and fun."