Dress in the Age of Jane Austen

Explore the lives and dress of the middle-class British gentry during the ‘long’ Regency (1795-1823) through the lens of Jane Austen’s life and writing. During the author’s short life, unprecedented change saw Britain’s turbulent entry into the modern age. Clothing reflected these transitions on local and global scales, and exploring the dress experiences of women and men who lived through Austen’s age goes a long way to understanding her work, her time, and its histories.
DAR Museum lecture
March 10, 2020
Speaker: Hilary Davidson, author of Dress in the Age of Jane Austen
yalebooks.yale.edu/book/97803...
www.dar.org/museum

[@dashwood_and_ferrars]

"Colin Firth rising like Venus out of the waves"! I'm gonna have to remember that one.

[@hollysheen6865]

He did not smuggle it, but I have an 1860s ballgown made from silk that hubby brought me. Made by my daughters. I will always treasure it.

[@beckywaytoomuch]

Been scouring youtube for any scholarship I can find regarding this era ! Especially history regarding "common folk." Thank you so much for uploading material like this!

[@tymanung6382]

A few historical costumer/seamstresses
on youtube have a few such videos--- for
example, Bernadette Banner, Abby Cox,
Karolina Zebrowska, Snappy Dragons Vi, Prior Attire, and a few other women show 1700s and various 1800s working women s underwear and outerware.
women workers under and outerware.

[@hollysheen6865]

Very interesting

[@kasialeparska2480]

Beautiful, thank you 👗🎩👒

[@pamelabrown1797]

This was absolutely fascinating. Thanks for sharing xx

[@helenadoherty5763]

Hello. Thank you for your excellent video

[@FHMS97]

thanks so much for uploading this!! loved listening to this fascinating talk 😊

[@kristahowson]

I really enjoyed that.... I hope you do more of these.

[@autumnleaf.]

I've always dreamt of wearing a regency ball gown

[@JannKilc]

Really enjoyed your video at 16:42 the bill is for making the dress, I think that implies you had to supply your own material.

[@bethanyday3471]

lovely. i will certainly have to get this book. though it is certainly ashame that jane austens books are one of the only reason this particularly part of the regency is remembered and celebrated.

[@midnightblack07]

I loved this! So interesting and informative, thank you for sharing. :)

[@catrionahall9444]

The book is great too.

[@ginadoyle4089]

The red cloaks appear both in P&P and persuasion productions from ‘95.

[@tymanung6382]

Denim trousers origins were in 1500s
N Italy Renaissance city states navies.
from.Genoa, so were called Genovese
or Genoese = English language jeans.

[@TealCheetah]

I want a male relative to smuggle me fine fabrics!

[@josieber8032]

George Washington did not wear a wig.