Name/Title
Fashion in the time of Jane AustenEntry/Object ID
GT737.D69Description
"The broader Regency period 1795-1820 stands alone as an incredible moment in fashion history unlike anything that went before or after. It was the most naked period since Ancient Greece and before the 1960s, and for the first time England became a fashion influence, especially for menswear, and became the toast of Paris. With the ancient regime deposed, court dress became secondary and the season by season flux of fashion as we know it came into being, aided and abetted by the proliferation of new ladies' magazines. Such an age of revolution and innovation inspired a flood of fashions taking influence from everything including the newly discovered treasures of the ancient world, to radical new ideas like democracy. It was an era of contradiction immortalized by Jane Austen, who adeptly used the newfound diversity of fashion to enliven her characters, Wickham's military splendor, Mr. Darcy's understated elegance, and Miss Tilney's romantic fixation with white muslin."Acquisition
Source (if not Accessioned)
Carolyn HahnNotes
Gift of Carolyn Hahn, August 2022.Lexicon
Search Terms
clothing and dress--great britain--history, costume--history--19th century, fashion--great britain--historyBook Details
Author
Sarah Jane DowningVolume/Number/Issue
No. 583Publisher
Shire PublicationsPlace Published
City
OxfordRegion
Long IslandState/Province
New YorkCountry
United States of AmericaContinent
North AmericaDate Published
2010Date Printed
2013ISBN
9780747807674, 0747807671LCCN
2011290710Notes
Length: 63General Notes
Note Type
ContentsNote
The age of elegance -- The rise of English fashion -- A fine romance -- Beau Brummell and the great renunciation -- Rousseau and fashion au naturel -- Reticule and ridicule -- After the age of elegance.