La Belle Assemblée, July 1808 “Court Dress as worn on his Majesty’s Birth Day” I realize, of course, that this was a Very Important Dress worn by a Very Important…

Le Beau Monde, January 1807. “Court Dresses for Her Majesty’s Birthday” This print is very special as it is one of the only prints I’ve ever seen that shows both…

…rooms. The dresses were expensive, extravagant, and cumbersome. Read about the rules for court dress here. Several ladies’ magazines of the period, including the Lady’s Magazine and La Belle Assemblée,…

…as the high-waisted Regency court dresses. Most prints show the court dress straight on, so that it looks like a wide circular hooped gown. This print shows the figure at…

…favorite at court. A few foreign princes offered marriage, but the king refused all offers, and she never married. She died in 1840 at age 71. Her court dresses (along…

Gallery of Fashion, February 1797. “Court Dress” This magnificent court dress would have been worn at the January Drawing Room in honor of the Queen’s Birthday. (Though her actual birthday…

Gallery of Fashion, July 1797. “Court Dress” This court dress would have been worn at the June Drawing Room in honor of the King’s birthday. Unfortunately, the magazine does not…

La Belle Assemblée, July 1810. “Court Dress as worn by a Lady of Distinction on His Majesty’s Birth-Day 1810” Most of the court dresses shown in magazine prints represent those…

Ackermann’s Repository of Arts, January 1817. “Full Dress.” This dress is labeled as Full Dress, meaning a very formal evening dress. But it almost looks like a French court dress,…

…where young ladies were presented. (See the Regency World article on court dresses for information on court presentations.) “Drawing Room, St. James’s” by Thomas Rowlandson and Auguste Pugin from Microcosm…