19th Century Underclothing: 1820 – 1830

Technically, we are now out of the Regency era and not quite to the Victorian era. . . so I guess we just use the overarching Georgian era terminology? While the type of underclothing was essentially the same, the style did start evolving between 1820 and 1840 as skirts widened, the waist shifted, and weContinueContinue reading “19th Century Underclothing: 1820 – 1830”

19th Century Underclothing: 1810 – 1820

We have officially reached the regency era! You’ll find a lot of the items are the same as my last post because, as I mentioned then, the information for styles overlap since many resources lump 1800 – 1830 together, making it difficult to pull apart the nuances. Also, they simply didn’t change that much. QuickContinueContinue reading “19th Century Underclothing: 1810 – 1820”

19th Century Underclothing: 1800 – 1810

Welcome to a new series! This time I thought I would tackle the question of undergarments! Because who talks about undergarments? Not many people, and yet we all still find the subject of corsets fascinating – don’t deny it. Okay, but fair warning – the exact styles may overlaps with the 1790s and the 1810sContinueContinue reading “19th Century Underclothing: 1800 – 1810”