Regency men

The Regency neck-cloth could never be called humble, even if its life begins as a simple strip of cloth. Instead, it’s an embellishment that can add drama and interest to the gentleman’…

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One of the benefits of gathering images for Pinterest is that one’s awareness of the minute differences in fashions from year to year improves. Daily exposure to thousands of fashion images f…

Another update here on Then & Now: The Many Faces of Mr. Darcy , to add two new actors playing Mr. Darcy ( in the long list of a...

Photography of a young man dressed up in Regency English fashion. This might be the uniform of a soldier. Those look like riding boots, not the tights and shoes for indoor wear.

Zack Pinsent, 25, has only worn Regency clothing for the past decade. The tailor from Hove, East Sussex, said his obsession started after finding a box of his great-grandfather's old suits when he was 14.

In last month's post we spent some time illustrating what the Regency gentlemen wore on the upper portion of his body. For this month’s post we will continue, concentrating on the region below the waistcoat . . . Breeches were going out of fashion and the new tailored pantaloons or trousers, often light-colored for day and dark for evening, became acceptable. Breeches were required for court dress, and were still used for riding and country wear as were buckskins. Knee breeches were worn…