Half-Mourning Carriage Dress, January 1818

…which mark this ensemble as half-mourning. Without the cloak, the dress underneath would certainly have been appropriate for full mourning, especially in the fabrics used (full mourning required fabrics with…

Half Mourning Walking Dress, January 1819

mourning. By January, half mourning was acceptable. (Half mourning allowed whites, grays, and lavenders to relieve the deep black of full mourning.) The fashion prints in magazines for the previous…

Morning Dress for Half-Mourning, January 1818

La Belle Assemblée, January 1818. “Fancy Mourning Dishabille.” The title of this print indicates that this dress is mourning wear for daytime, “Dishabille” suggesting a morning dress, ie the category…

Slight Mourning Walking Dress, January 1818

…been released in December 1817.) Though this looks like full deep mourning, it is actually what is called either “ordinary mourning” or “slight mourning,” which allowed some leeway in the…

Morning Dress and Slight Mourning Full Dress, January 1807

…deep mourning, nor would the diamond jewelry. I would call this slight mourning or ordinary mourning. It is interesting that the descriptions name the dress as either Full Dress or…

Mourning Promenade Dresses September 1805

Fashions of London and Paris, September 1805. “Promenade Dresses” The fashions for this month, in all the British publications that included fashion prints, showed full mourning. This was due to…

Full Mourning Evening Dress, December 1818

Ackermann’s Repository of Arts, December 1818. “Evening Dress.” This mourning dress was for the death of Queen Charlotte, who had died on November 17. Though we often think of mourning

Mourning Carriage Dress, January 1811

…half-mourning ensemble. Princess Amelia, youngest daughter of King George III, had died in November, and the Court declared that official mourning should last until January 11. Note that though the…

Half-Mourning Walking and Full Dresses, January 1811

Lady’s Monthly Museum, January 1811. “London Dresses for January.” Though there is no mention of mourning in this issue of the magazine, these dresses represent half-mourning for Princess Amelia, who…

Mourning Hats, September 1805

…to begin on September 1. The king also commanded that a General Mourning be observed throughout the realm. This print, and others of September 1805 showing mourning fashions, are in…

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