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Our Regency Styles
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Dahlia,
a lovely hat for Regency
outings, comes in two versions: soft, no buckram or
wire with a little bit of flare to the crown, and
hard, covered wired buckram form.
The Dahlia has two brim variations: a split
brim with ribbon ties to hold it together, like the
original on
Karen Augusta’s website
, and a full brim in three depths.
The covered buckram version is also available
in three crown depths.
The soft
Dahlia is available from $95, and the covered
buckram Dahlia is available from $125. Please
email
us for details.
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Lucia,
the sporty jockey style
of the Regency era, is still more elegant than a
modern ball cap.
The Lucia comes with two brim styles with two
depths each and three crown variations.
The crown may be pieced in eight or sixteen
sections.
The Lucia is available from $95.
Please
email us
for details.
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Claudia,
a fun Regency hat,
features a puffed
crown with or without a brim. The brimless version
emulates the beret styles so popular in Regency fashion
plates. The brim has three depth options and a
split version similar to the Dahlia. The Claudia
is available brimless from $55 or with a brim from $75.
Please
email us for
details.
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Mariah,
not your average bolster
pillow, recreates a very popular style during the
Regency era.
It was often made of lightweight, even sheer,
fabrics, and featured beautiful embroidery, lacework,
and other fabric manipulation techniques.
Mariah is available in three styles, two depths,
and two crown variations. The Mariah is available
from $75. Please
email us
for details.
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Julia,
simply one of the sweetest of
the Regency bonnets, features a buckram brim and a
gathered or pleated crown either left soft or reinforced
by a blocked crown.
The crown is finished off at the neck either by a
neat bias binding or a delightful little ruffle.
There are four brim styles with two depths each.
The Julia is available from $75. Please email
us for
details.
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Cordelia,
a classy
bonnet of the very early Regency period, features a
narrow brim, a pleated crown, and a lovely bavolet.
Also called a Directoire bonnet or the Charlotte
Corday bonnet, the bonnet is set off by pleated silk
placed around the face and under the crown and by the
gorgeous combination of silk and velvet. A lovely
original appears in Vintage Hats and Bonnets 1770-1970
by Susan Langley on pp. 29. The Cordelia may also
be made with any or all of these variations: a tiny
flared brim, a gathered crown, and no bavolet.
The Cordelia is available from $95. Please
email us
for details.
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The
Virginia
a striking
Regency style, is the poke bonnet that
dominated millinery for more than 25 years.
The brim on the Virginia may be folded
back at the front, sides, or back.
The smaller variations are more
appropriate for earlier impressions, while
the larger ones are more suited to later
impressions.
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Choosing a Regency or Romantic Bonnet
In The Fashion Pages
In Practical
Millinery
The
Regency fashion of flowing high-waisted dresses with
little or no skirt support was heavily influenced by classical
Greece and Rome. Because of the popularity of sheer white
muslin, the period earned the name "The Era of Undress."
Millinery presented a wide variety of styles of buckram or paste
board brims with gathered crowns, berets, and top hats.
Although white muslin continued in
popularity, the years between 1810-1819 expanded the
color pallet and classic simplicity of the previous ten years.
Around 1810, the poke bonnet was introduced which would dominate
millinery for the next 25 years.
During the 1820's
waistlines began to drop and sleeves began to widen in
preparation for the romantic era. The poke bonnet, along with
the beret and top hat, continued to dominate millinery fashion.
The
poke bonnet continued millinery domination in the 1830's.
Early in the thirties, the crown continued the stove pipe shape
of the teens and twenties. As the decade progressed, the tip of
the crown began to shrink. The crowns of poke bonnets began to
assume the shape of upside down flower pots. The crown also
began to slide further back on the head eventually making way
for the three piece cottage bonnets of the 1840's.
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