Comments on: Regency Gown Closures

By: Jennifer Rosbrugh

Jennifer Rosbrugh — Sat, 09 Sep 2023 19:13:45 +0000

In reply to Chelsea Hutter. Yes, it is possible.

By: Chelsea Hutter

Chelsea Hutter — Sat, 09 Sep 2023 10:24:02 +0000

I’m researching a dress in a museum in sweden. By my determination I think it has a center front hook and eye closure. would this be possible? it’s dated 1815

By: Jennifer Rosbrugh

Jennifer Rosbrugh — Thu, 11 Aug 2022 17:10:00 +0000

In reply to Toni. You can find my recommended fabric sites on the Resource page . Enjoy shopping!

By: Toni

Toni — Thu, 11 Aug 2022 05:23:46 +0000

Very insightful! I am studying the regency era of fashion and have yet found where these fabrics would have been sourced? Could u help me out ?

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A Modern Jane Austen Wardrobe – THE WANDERER BOOK BLOG — Sun, 06 Feb 2022 22:11:48 +0000

[…] of buttons is fascinating, but during the Georgian and Regency periods women’s clothes were pulled together and kept in place mostly by laces, sashes, and bows. Lace was incredibly popular for embellishing […]

By: Jennifer Rosbrugh

Jennifer Rosbrugh — Fri, 12 Jun 2020 17:04:20 +0000

In reply to Alethea. The skirt edges were finished with a narrow continuous bias placket that was first machine stitched to the slashed skirt opening then folded to the inside and hand slipstitched into place. Then a good press!

By: Alethea

Alethea — Fri, 12 Jun 2020 00:16:17 +0000

Hi,
A very helpful article!
The 1813 white evening gown, with the ruffle neckline, is very similar to a voile dress with a ruffle neckline I am trying to recreate from a 1810s portrait, altering the Sense and Sensibility pattern. How did you finish the skirt opening back? The pattern I have uses an overlapping placket, but how to did you so nicely finish the edges for a dress that simply meets in the middle and is tied with ribbon?

By: Jennifer Rosbrugh

Jennifer Rosbrugh — Fri, 07 Feb 2020 22:36:49 +0000

In reply to Lydia.

Appreciate your comment, Lydia!
I haven’t come across Regency gowns with lacing closure, only corsets of the time, which were indeed mostly spiral laced, but corset examples exist, too, where cross lacing is seen. All the dresses I’ve seen in my research have the closures I’ve mentioned here. But neat to hear of gowns with lacing were in those countries!