Silk spencer jacket and embroidered muslin skirt ca. 1820-1825
From Christie’s
This is what I’ll be doing tonight.
There’s a Dutch theatre company currently touring the country with a play about Napoleon’s last years on St. Helena.
For the premiere in Amsterdam, they want to recreate this scene in the street in front of the theatre. So me and my re-enactment unit have been invited to attend the premiere and portray the soldiers. And we get to see the play for free!
I can’t wait!
(Source: youknowyoureahistoryfanwhen)
Janet Arnold’s Patterns of Fashion 1, pgs. 44-45 (click the graph for a larger size)
Evening dress from 1815.
I feel like having a Regency evening. Only good things can come out of that :)