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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 a variety of depths from 3-7".
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,
comes with a flared or straight brim from 2 1/2 to 5
inches deep. The crown may be pieced in eight or
sixteen sections, or puffed and drawn up on ribbon.
The Lucia is available from $95 in silk with
a linen crown lining.
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 is available in a split version or full brim
from 3-7 inches. The Claudia is available in silk with
a linen crown lining brimless from $55 or with a brim
from $75.
Please
email us for
details.
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Mariah
recreates a very popular
style during the early Regency era. Made
of lightweight, even sheer, fabrics, it featured
beautiful embroidery, lacework, and other fabric
manipulation techniques.
Mariah is available in with a rounded, squared,
or angled brim in a depth of 9-12" with either a puffed
or pieced crown. The Mariah is available from $75 in
silk with a linen crown lining.
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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.
The brim is available straight or flared in a
depth of 3-5". The Julia is available from $75 in silk
with a linen lined crown.
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Cordelia,
an early Regency style,
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. 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.
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The
Virginia
a striking
Regency style, is the poke bonnet that
dominated millinery for more than 25 years. 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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