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Ackermann’s Fashion Plates November 1809

August 26, 2015 By BlissBennet Leave a Comment

November 1809’s Ackermann’s fashion plates focus on Morning Dress. The first plate features another mother-child pairing, with a very Romanticized depiction of the child (just look at those rosy cheeks!). Arbiter Elegantiarum‘s advice this month focuses on suiting one’s style of dress to one’s style of figure: “I would persuade them, that the endeavour to be appear what we are not, is as erroneous in dress as in morals, and that it as invariable fails in its object” (333).

Vol. II, no. xi, pages 332-34.


 

 


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I’m really taken by this month’s fabric samples. The print on the left puts me in mind of bees, while the one on the right makes me think of those fuzzy caterpillars I used to love to touch when I was a child. I wouldn’t mind having a dress made out of either (although #4 is intended for a gentleman’s waistcoat, according to the description above…) (pages 342-43).

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Ackermann’s Fashion Plates October 1809

August 19, 2015 By BlissBennet 1 Comment

October 1809’s fashion plates from Ackermann’s feature a blue ball dress with a very slim (and clingy) silhouette and a hem that shows off more than a bit of ankle! I wonder if any readers found it a bit scandalous? The second plate is less risqué: a white walking dress with quite a fancy (and colorful!) shawl and umbrella pairing.

Arbiter Elegantiarum‘s comments speak about suspending his/her “strictures” of late, both out of a desire to see what impact, if any, Arbiter‘s advice had had on readers, and out of hope that some readers would argue with or corroborate Arbiter‘s views. Apparently one lady has even attacked AE‘s strictures in verse! I’ll have to see if I can track this down…

Also included are fabric samples, with their relevant write-ups.

Vol. II, no. x, pages 258-59; 277.



 


 

 

 

 

 

 

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Ackermann’s Fashion Plates September 1809

August 12, 2015 By BlissBennet Leave a Comment

Ackermann’s September 1809 fashion plates strike a somber note: the first depicts Mourning dresses for both mother and child. And while the second shows a seaside promenade dress, the sketched-in figure of a laborer on the shore suggests that life is not all fashion and play…  Vol. II, no. ix, pages 192-93.

FYI, a “cestus” is defined by the OED as “A belt or girlde for the waist; particularly that worn by a bride in ancient times.” A bit ironic, to see it figure in a mourning gown design? Or commemorative, if the person mourning is a widow?

 



 

This month’s fabric samples include a snippet from one of the most colorful prints I’ve seen in the magazine. I’ve just realized that these fabric samples are also accompanied by write-ups, which I’ve not included before. I’ll have to go back and emend my earlier posts. Unfortunately, the write-up tells me that this colorful print is intended for use in furniture or draperies, not for dresses… Vol. II, no. ix, page 206:


 

 

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Ackermann’s Repository Fashion Plates: August 1809

August 5, 2015 By BlissBennet Leave a Comment

Ackermann’s fashion plates for August of 1809 (vol II, issue ii, pages 48-49) feature Walking Costumes (including one for a child) and Promenade Dresses—all the fashionable are out taking their exercise, it seems! And another page of fabric samples…


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Filed Under: Regency History Tagged With: Ackermanns, clothing, dress

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