Comments on: A Regency Ball Gown 200 Years Ago: April, 1812 http://janeaustensworld.wordpress.com/2012/04/27/a-regency-ball-gown-200-years-ago-april-1812/ This Jane Austen blog brings Jane Austen, her novels, and the Regency Period alive through food, dress, social customs, and other 19th C. historical details related to this topic. Sun, 19 May 2013 20:39:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: z http://janeaustensworld.wordpress.com/2012/04/27/a-regency-ball-gown-200-years-ago-april-1812/#comment-25339 Sun, 13 May 2012 11:55:10 +0000 http://janeaustensworld.wordpress.com/?p=19973#comment-25339 Hallo.

In case you’re interested: this is an article on authentic Circassian dress:

http://www.circassianworld.com/new/culture/folklore/1379-circassian-costumes-jaimoukha.html

-Zeina, a Circassian ;)

]]> By: bluffkinghal http://janeaustensworld.wordpress.com/2012/04/27/a-regency-ball-gown-200-years-ago-april-1812/#comment-25146 Mon, 07 May 2012 09:20:46 +0000 http://janeaustensworld.wordpress.com/?p=19973#comment-25146 I think both turbans and crinolines are an African influence.

]]> By: regency1810 http://janeaustensworld.wordpress.com/2012/04/27/a-regency-ball-gown-200-years-ago-april-1812/#comment-25035 Thu, 03 May 2012 00:51:31 +0000 http://janeaustensworld.wordpress.com/?p=19973#comment-25035 I adore the fashion of this time period. These gowns are so elegant.

]]> By: kfield2 http://janeaustensworld.wordpress.com/2012/04/27/a-regency-ball-gown-200-years-ago-april-1812/#comment-24982 Tue, 01 May 2012 00:40:59 +0000 http://janeaustensworld.wordpress.com/?p=19973#comment-24982 Loved this post! I would not have had any idea that the dress had so many connotations as you discussed. Thank you for this!

]]> By: Jennifer Redlarczyk http://janeaustensworld.wordpress.com/2012/04/27/a-regency-ball-gown-200-years-ago-april-1812/#comment-24925 Sun, 29 Apr 2012 03:00:59 +0000 http://janeaustensworld.wordpress.com/?p=19973#comment-24925 Fabulous article. I love anything to do with clothing and accessories. The visuals are great, not to mention the links. Thanks! ~Jen Red~

]]> By: Caroline http://janeaustensworld.wordpress.com/2012/04/27/a-regency-ball-gown-200-years-ago-april-1812/#comment-24924 Sun, 29 Apr 2012 02:25:07 +0000 http://janeaustensworld.wordpress.com/?p=19973#comment-24924 As always, another lovely article. Why can’t our dresses be so pretty with tassels?

]]> By: housesandbooks http://janeaustensworld.wordpress.com/2012/04/27/a-regency-ball-gown-200-years-ago-april-1812/#comment-24909 Sat, 28 Apr 2012 12:38:44 +0000 http://janeaustensworld.wordpress.com/?p=19973#comment-24909 Did Madame de Stael originate the craze for wearing turbans?

]]> By: Vic http://janeaustensworld.wordpress.com/2012/04/27/a-regency-ball-gown-200-years-ago-april-1812/#comment-24901 Fri, 27 Apr 2012 21:13:00 +0000 http://janeaustensworld.wordpress.com/?p=19973#comment-24901 Cassidy, Thank you for the link to your fashion post – fabulous costumes! – and for your explanation of the tassels in that post, which I could not find and therefore omitted. Perfect.

]]> By: Vic http://janeaustensworld.wordpress.com/2012/04/27/a-regency-ball-gown-200-years-ago-april-1812/#comment-24900 Fri, 27 Apr 2012 21:07:26 +0000 http://janeaustensworld.wordpress.com/?p=19973#comment-24900 The spelling of “crape” comes directly from the Ackermann’s Repository description of the dress and published in 1812. Wikipedia states: “Crape or crepe (Anglicized versions of the Fr. crêpe).”

]]> By: Cassidy http://janeaustensworld.wordpress.com/2012/04/27/a-regency-ball-gown-200-years-ago-april-1812/#comment-24895 Fri, 27 Apr 2012 17:46:18 +0000 http://janeaustensworld.wordpress.com/?p=19973#comment-24895 I would point out that the tassels are a really, really important part of the exoticism of the dress – especially as all of the other aspects of the original circassienne/circassian type gown seem to have been lost. (I wrote about the original circassienne at one point.)

Love those sleeves!

]]> By: ladyofquality http://janeaustensworld.wordpress.com/2012/04/27/a-regency-ball-gown-200-years-ago-april-1812/#comment-24894 Fri, 27 Apr 2012 16:40:17 +0000 http://janeaustensworld.wordpress.com/?p=19973#comment-24894 I’m questioning the fabric ‘crape.’ I’ve seen it spelled as such many times on this blog, and others describing period cloth. Is this the same as the modern ‘crepe?’

]]> By: roseymcg http://janeaustensworld.wordpress.com/2012/04/27/a-regency-ball-gown-200-years-ago-april-1812/#comment-24893 Fri, 27 Apr 2012 16:07:29 +0000 http://janeaustensworld.wordpress.com/?p=19973#comment-24893 Wonderfully informative, as always! Brilliant post.
Thank You.
Rose

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