Sunday, May 5, 2024
Online Event
Presented by: Jane Austen Society of North America, San Diego Region
2:00pm Pacific Time - 3:00pm Pacific Time
Using fashion prints from her collection, Candice will provide an overview of the types of clothing worn during the time of Jane Austen. Candice will explore fashions for various occasions or activities, including day wear and evening wear. Terms used during the period — such as undress, half dress, and full dress — will be explained and illustrated with prints. Popular types of outer wear will also be showcased. The general evolution of style will also be discussed, including changing waistline and hemlines.
This event is for JASNA members only. Stay tuned for registration information.
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Thursday, May 16, 2024
Online Event
Presented by: Regency Fiction Writers
2:00pm - 3:00pm eastern time
In this presentation, Candice will explain what a reticule was (called a ridicule during the Regency), how and why it developed during the Regency as an early version of the modern day purse, how they were made, and what Regency ladies might have carried in them.
Check back closer to the event for registration details.
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Saturday, September 14, 2024
Online Event
Presented by: Jane Austen Society of North America, Southwest Florida Region
1:00pm Eastern Time - 3:00pm Eastern Time
In this presentation, Candice will explore what a woman of the Regency, like Jane Austen, would have read to keep abreast of social and political news, fashion, literature, and theatre. The most popular magazines of the day — including the Lady’s Magazine, Ackermann’s Repository of Arts, La Belle Assemblée, the Lady’s Monthly Museum, the Gallery of Fashion, Le Beau Monde and the British Lady’s Magazine — will be discussed in terms of packaging, circulation numbers, content (including prints), editorial direction, and more.
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