These two dresses are from Ackerman’s Repository of
Arts, Literature, Commerce, Manufacture, Fashion and Politics. Series 1 Vol 1.
PLATE 1. – WALKING DRESS.
A polished bonnet, and mantle of gold-coloured
velvet, with an invisible hood trimmed with ermine; an antique collar fastened
with a gold ornament in front, in form of a shell. Morning dress, white muslin Brussels spot, with a worked stomacher,
trimmed down the front and at the bottom; worked long hanging sleeves, twisted
and fastened at the wristband with a small gold ornament, of the same form as
that which fastens the mantle and cincture of the dress; sandals of gold-coloured cloth, laced with brown cords and tassels; York tan gloves.
EVENING FULL DRESS
A white satin Spanish hat, with a diamond loop and
Spanish plume; diamond ear-rings and necklace; the hair full, in ringlets; a
white satin dress, full-trimmed with blue velvet, with a lace medicis round the
back and shoulders; an antique stomacher ornamented with diamonds mounted in
gold; white satin shoes with gold bows; white gloves and fan.
FASHION FOR GENTLEMEN.
The prevailing colours are dark brown and bottle
green. The coat for evening dress is
cut rather long in the waist, and short in the skirts, double breasted, with pointed
lappels, corresponding in length to the hip button; the lapels are padded to
fall back with the collar, which is made pretty high and stitched narrow, the
collar to fall back about an inch and half; deep pockets under the cross flaps;
the cuffs round.
The
morning dress is made in nearly the same manner, only
the pockets are in the plaits of the skirt, and the cuffs are either round or
with a flap and three buttons.
The buttons are either gilt basket, or moulds
covered with cloth.
Waistcoats are made single breasted, with a small
flap about two inches lower than the coat lapel. Breeches are not made so high
by two or three inches as they were, and kneel-band extends almost to the calf
of the leg, with four buttons at the knee; they are made very tight: and
pantaloons are pretty generally ornamented up the sides with brade.
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